Shinedown - Save Me Lyrics Meaning
About someone in a situation they can not get themselves out of themselves when they consider all that they have done to get out and nothing seems to change, I often feel this way, sometimes all I know to do is get religious and hope that someone understands my situation and can help, but you can not explain a situation to someone that does not believe in the same things or has never been in your shoes to know why or what to do to help without seeming like a slave owner and take away all your rights, its awful when you ask for help and just lose freedom the things we take for granted each and every day and then feel disgusted with ourself or yourself for telling the truth and not getting the help or the thing, comfort from a loved one, forgiveness, our own children, we need the most, or do not ask for help continue the same cycle of self destruction, and blame someone else that you think should be helping, like when I lived on the streets and wondered why my family did not come looking for me, it was like the just did not care, but I guess they figured I would come back when I was ready, or so they said, when I had had enough, and sometimes in some situations, going back is not seen as or not a potential option at all, I have a loved one now that is or appears to be going down a path similar to what occurred a decade ago, maybe not the same, but drugs and staying in relationships that are physically abusive and disrespectful in the most basic ways, and I do not know what to do, The last line of the song is do not erase me and those that care like me never erase you, your pain large or small or just plain numb now is felt and we feel guilty that we can not help or did not help enough to make you feel alright enough to keep going forward to stop trying to teach us that the pain is real, I know it is, I do and that is why I hurt and I want to help without tearing myself into a clump of worn out newspapers for cats to go in, because if you let it eat you up, it can take you way down yoruself, I heard someone say its for some to move on, to find someone else if you are in a bad relationship defined as one that does not function the way a healthy relationship should work, both productive members of society working toward a common goal and with respect for each other physically and mentally, and if I am correct the loved one I am referring to may need to find someone besides me, maybe something about me triggers the need to act out, like when I say I will sacrifice my need for physical pleasure to show you how much I care, I said early on I am a good man, I have made mistakes and fail at tasks I should be able to do still, but without knowing the facts, you will not have a clear enough view as to why I do the things I did and do now, like feelings of inadequacy that have nothing to do with the loved one, that have festered in me since a child, that may never change becuase I am too embarrasee== to accept the help or a part of me that I do not accept, and am reminded by in the mmm song that I will work on and post at some point, I function alright now, have a semi decent situation, much better than where I was, and I want the same for my loved one, to be happy, somehow escape from the adrenaline rush of always scared and on the run or from trying to explain the problem through acting out or simply trying to teach me how I should be by creating negative repurcussions that directly affect you and can only imagine myself and haunt me perhaps as a way to sacrifice for me, if that is what is happening and even if it is not, please call me, I will not lose my phone or damper the rings from now on I promise and will accept your calls no matter where I am, and maybe something happens where I can not answer that time, please keep trying, we can just talk about the weather if you want, and if not please know that I am trying to listen to you, trying to hear you when I feel you are speaking to me, and I am always thinking about you in a precarious way, but I am learning to change the last part into thinking about you in a healthy way to be able to function and perhaps someday be someone you can rely on and call a friend, I have said a lot, but I am here even if I am not logged in a lot of times, I do not chat with anyone, just this and the phones and my ebay, time is not on our side, I see that now, we need to move faster, 'smarter', remember better than ever before, and sometimes the situation gets to be too much stress for me to handle and I do my best to make it through like now
