Lyrics
I've stood by, and I've eried,
I've witnessed and experienced
While my friends have died
I've observed the deaths of my friends
You ever had a friend kill
Have you ever had a friend commit suicide?
Themselves, shot down, or knifed?
Referring to friends being killed by various means
Just when I think it's happened
Just when I thought such events were over
For the final time,
Referring to the recurrence of tragic events
It comes knocking back again to
It comes back to devastate my life once more
Devastate my life
Expressing the emotional impact of repeated tragedies
20 years of hell
Reflecting on two decades of difficult experiences
20 years of hell
Reiterating the prolonged period of hardship
For I've been living far too long
Feeling that life has been too long and challenging
And I wish my life was done
Expressing a desire for life to be over
I said, "Good-bye" to you, on a
Saying farewell on a summer night
Summer's night
Expressing regret for parting
Now I wish that I had stayed
Wishing to have stayed with the person
With you but, oh it's too late
Realizing it's too late to change the outcome
Next thing I knew was that
Discovering the friend's involvement in an attack
You'd been in an attack
Realizing the severity of the situation
And you were laying in a cold
Describing the friend's lifeless state
Morgue stuffed into a body bag
Graphic depiction of the aftermath
I saw you last night you said I
Encountering the friend in a dream
Was wrong
Friend expressing disagreement with being considered gone
And where'd I get the idea you were gone?
Questioning the perception of the friend's absence
I woke up to sounds of my own screams
Experiencing a nightmare and waking up screaming
I woke up in a sweat it was just a dream
Realizing it was just a dream, waking up in sweat
And that dream goes on and on and on...
Continuing impact of the recurring dream
With it ever end? Well I don't... I don't know
Expressing uncertainty about the dream's resolution
I don't... know...
Reiterating the uncertainty and lack of understanding
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