What is this song about?

Spinbrett

I got ID....what is this song about?


My lips are shaking my nails are bit off.
Been a month since I've heard myself talk.
All the advantage this life's got on me.
Picture a coffin in the middle of the sea.

And I fight back in my mind. Never lets me be right.
I got memories. I got shit so much it don't show.

Oh, I walked the line when you held me in that night.
I walked the line when you held my hand that night.

An empty shell seems so easy to crack.
Got all these questions. Don't know who I could even ask.
So I'll just lie alone and wait for the dream where I'm not ugly and you're looking at me.

And I stay in bed. Oh, little ive seen there.
If just once I could feel loved, oh, Stare back at me . Yeah.

But I walked the line when you held me in that night.
Oh, I walked the line when you held my hand that night.
Oh, I walked the line when you held me close that night.
I paid the price. Never held you in real life.
My lips are shaking...

LONGRD

depression and sadness
after a break up or fight with your lover.
that's what i thought
when i heard it.

halszka123

I agree...
How do They do It? How do They make this kind of song so full of feeling???
So sad... and i have my heart again so broken...

Fahka

Nice question, i wish i knew! I've never been able to find a discription i totally agree with yet..

I ll give it it a go though ....



My lips are shaking my nails are bit off.
Been a month since I've heard myself talk.
All the advantage this life's got on me.
Picture a coffin in the middle of the sea.


(obviously a very fragile moment for who ever is experiencing this)

And I fight back in my mind. Never lets me be right.
I got memories. I got shit so much it don't show.

(Conflict with ones self over feeling sorrow for wrong being done to them. I got memories, I got shit... This person feels hopeless when it comes to recovering from this situation)

Oh, I walked the line when you held me in that night.
I walked the line when you held my hand that night.

(I was so close, but so far away in so many words... I had you then you slipped away..)

An empty shell seems so easy to crack.
Got all these questions. Don't know who I could even ask.
So I'll just lie alone and wait for the dream where I'm not ugly and you're looking at me.


(This person feels worthless, hollow, and confused. So beautifully written... )

And I stay in bed. Oh, little ive seen there.
If just once I could feel loved, oh, Stare back at me . Yeah.

(I think everyone could relate to this line, being completely alone and wishing somebody would notice you too)

But I walked the line when you held me in that night.
Oh, I walked the line when you held my hand that night.
Oh, I walked the line when you held me close that night.
I paid the price. Never held you in real life.
My lips are shaking...



(this ends on a bad note... the "boy doesnt get the girl" so to speak or vise versa... )


All in all this song i can relate to whole heartedly ... When you are writing, and you end up with something good, you just feel so good. Its a release of ones feelings via music/paper. Thats why when you hear a great song that just hits you, someone just got your feelings out,for you. This is what this song feels like to me anyhow...

MrFadedGlory

My gut always pointed me toward Ed's real father that he didn't get the chance to know as well as he would have liked to; especially at the end it's as if he's saying you held me when I was a baby but I never got a chance to hold you when you were dieing. Walking the line may be referring to the decision making process of whether or not to bail and not tell the child the truth.

(I believe it's "empty cup" rather than "coffin")