It would be terrible to leave this earth and then no one would miss you when you're gone. He's saying that when he dies, he doesn't want to be remembered for the wrong he's done and he wants someone to miss him. You want to die with the comfort of knowing you were someone of worth so you can have that sense of peace and content when your time does indeed come. Older people will tend to reflect on their lives and wonder if they've lived one of worth and if they've accomplished everything they've wanted to accomplish. My InterpretationTo me this about the fear of dying and being remembered for the bad rather than the good things in your life. It's almost as if they speak my life in all the right words, and I know alot of people can relate also. I can listen to it over and over again and it will never get old, as with alot of LP's songs. Chesters voice is the perfect companion with the beat and song.
'I can't be who you are' - referring to the people who are living greatly in his life, or aren't in as much distress as he is dealing with right now, he can't be them because of the things happening to him.
Alot of people feel like that, including me. We all have hope that there is someone out there to help us through the destructive times that come about in our lives, so he is pretending someone can come help him, but he knows deep inside he has false hopes cause deep down it's like he just can't be saved. That indeed is my favorite line in the whole song. Hes talking about himself, and everyone else, about how we all try to forget the bad things that have happened to us, and we try to convince ourselves that we are okay cause we have hidden it 'so well'. So don't hold the things he did wrong against him.
He wasn't perfect, like all of us never will be. He may of been strong shielded for himself but like all of us as humans, he had difficulty with things and broke down from time to time. He did what he had to do on this earth, he took his share of being beat on, maybe not physically, but hes had his share of dislike, and he's shared what he's made (in chester's case, he's shared his music for the world. leaving behind reasons to be missed for him are kinda an assumption to us that he wants the people to remember the good times and good things, cause there were also alot.Īs in, if you had hatred for something he did or he did something wrong to you or even if he wasn't in the greatest mood all the time (whatever the reason is), don't keep bitterness on him, forgive him not only because he is dead or gone, but because he is human, and if you are a person who really cared about him, keep him in your memory, like he said in the lyrics. He's saying when his time comes for death, like all of us will have, he doesn't want people to dwell on all the bad things he has done, or what he didn't do. The song starts out talking about when he dreamted about when he was dead and not part of the earth anymore, and then when he woke up after his dream, he thought about what will stay here (the people, the memories, how they will feel) when hes gone in the afterlife, and my opinion this is the best song on the album, but I still love every song on the album a whole lot. Maybe because alot of you are trying to dig too deep into the meaning when all you got to do is really look and he gives it away easily but strong. I think alot of you kinda got the wrong message. Song Meaninghonestly, the meaning really is straightforward but in a good way, this is such a good song. Someone else can come and save me from myself Help me leave behind some reasons to be missedĪll the hurt inside you've learned to hide so well So, if you're asking me, I want you to know