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Jul 14th 2011!⃝I was reading other peoples takes on this song a few days ago and someone says that they feel it is about a homeless man. straight away i thought nah, i cant see it but now i really do now. so here is my perception that this is a homeless man in a big city :
"I've lived for years without a life" - i've spent many years being homeless and doing nothing.
"Don't have a soul on my side" - no one will help me out and support me financially
"Still ridiculed despite how hard that I have tried" - i get put down by others for trying to change my life
"Don't take me under your wing" - don't try and shove me in a hostel with the rest
"I don't need a hand, don't need anything" - i can still manage to live my life despite all these day to day struggles to survive
"I've got a roof over my head" - i sleep underneath a bridge most nights.
"As if I'd rather be alone with me instead" - the other homeles people sleep under the bridge with me
"Close yet far" - all thes people can physically walk past me each day, however their lifes are so different to mine
"Drop me a line and tell me how the hell you are" - if you feel like it come and talk to me sometime
"And I'll tip my hat to those who can't believe it's me" - my family, old friends etc wont believe this is me now
"Though I never never never ever wanted this to be" - never in a million years would i have wished this is how my life turned out
"I can hear the sounds of the city" - i hear the sounds of the city i now live in as i lie about doing nothing
"Sunrise and set are the same to me" - whether its day or night, i'm still homeless and nothing will change that
"A hesitating pulse is good company" -i like communicating with passers by who are hesitant of who i am
"And my reflection offers no apology" - i'm not sorry for lying about on the streets
that's my thoughts about the lyrics, hope you see what i mean and it would bee interesting to hear what you guys think about it .
