Lyrics
These are the confessions of a broken down man
Introduction: The speaker is sharing confessions as a broken down man.
She said she needed a father
Reference to a woman needing a father figure.
So I faked fatherhood and drew her in
The speaker pretended to be a father to attract her.
I don't know if it was intended
Uncertainty about the sincerity of the relationship.
Maybe something broke inside of me
Speculation that something within the speaker is broken.
A long long time ago
Indication of a long-standing issue.
And it never has been mended
Confirmation that the problem persists.
But one night on my bed
A pivotal moment on the speaker's bed.
She told me something that she never told nobody
She reveals a secret to the speaker.
And I just laid there cold as a stone and stared
The speaker's emotional response to her revelation.
These are the confessions of a broken down man
Reiteration of confessions as a broken down man.
I had a baby by my first wife
The speaker had a child with his first wife.
She was wanting one and I gave in
He yielded to her desire for a baby.
I swear I loved her and our home
The speaker expresses love for his first wife and home.
But a man has got to work to live
The necessity for a man to work and the resulting loneliness.
And sometimes he can find himself out on the road alone
The speaker finding himself alone while on the road.
And when I came back home
The speaker returns home to find his wife with a baby.
She's holding baby
His wife is holding the baby, indicating his absence.
But I can't remember for the life of me
The speaker's struggle to remember the baby's name.
What is his name?
The lingering impact of the speaker's choices.
These are the confessions of a broken down man
Reiteration of confessions.
I give up. I give in. I can't do this anymore
The speaker expresses surrender and inability to continue.
I've been turned out by my family
The speaker has been rejected by his family.
I have heard them slam the door
Family closing the door on the speaker.
I'm like a wounded man out on a hill in the wind
Simile: The speaker feels wounded and abandoned.
Saying Father, forgive me
Repetition of a plea for forgiveness from a higher power.
Father, forgive me
-Father, forgive me
-For I have sinned
Acknowledgment of personal wrongdoing.
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