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She found it at last. It surely had been made for Jim and no one else. It was a chain -- simple round rings of silver. It was perfect for Jim's gold watch. As soon as she saw it she knew that it must be for him. It was like him. Quiet and with great value. She gave the shopkeeper twenty-one dollars and she hurried home with the eighty-seven cents that was left.
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I personally felt this song was about a girl struggling with an abusive relationship - emotional or physical. The music and the way the lyrics are sung makes me think the girl he's singing about is the "victim" in whatever situation she's in - but she's fighting within herself to be happy despite the hurt she feels."The open wound she hidesShe just keeps it bundled upAnd never lets it showShe can't take much more of thisBut she can't let it goAnd that's ok, she don't want the world"This could be an actual wound or the internal feeling of an emotional wound from abusive words. Either way - a person in this situation would hide it. She can't take any more of what is hurting her - but she loves the person who IS hurting her. It's typical of the abuser to go in cycles - the hurt - then they try and fix it by being overly nice only to fly off the handle again. This is why she can't let go. Or perhaps she can't afford to leave him. She's not asking for the world, she just wants him to stop hurting her."All the things she saysWhile he's just lying thereWithout someone to hear her cryShe slips off into a dreamAbout a place to hideAnd that's ok, she don't want the world"She's talking and he's not listening. My interpretation of this is that she's trying to tell him that he's hurting her and asking him to change - he's not listening so she cries herself to sleep because she knows deep down he doesn't care and won't change. She dreams of somewhere she'd rather be - without him. She's not dreaming of anything special - just to be away from the pain."This love she feelsEverything she's ever knownOr ever thought was realSeems like it's been thrown awayNow how's she gonna liveIt's ok, she don't want the world"She's starting to doubt everything - this happens a lot when a person is abused. Does she love him or is she just frightened to leave? She's wondering if she threw away the life she had before this relationship. She's not the girl she was then and she's wondering how she's going to live when she's broken now."Those words he never spokeHaunt her life, the memoriesOf all the times beforeShe tried to show him loveWhile he would only ask for moreBut it's ok, she don't want the world"He's never complimented her - only put her down. She has no confidence and is longing for him to tell her she's ok. She keeps loving him but its never enough. He takes her love for granted and demands more. But its ok - she's not asking for the world."Softly in her sleepPictures of the life she's longingFor slowly appearShe's seen them all beforeBut somehow never quite this clearShe just smiles, she don't want the world"Again she's dreaming of getting out, but this time it feels more like she's could actually make it happen. She smiles. It's not amazing - but all she needs to be away from him to feel ok again."This love she feelsEverything she's ever knownOr ever thought was realSeems like it's been thrown awayNow how's she gonna liveIt's ok, she don't want the world"This is repeated because again she's thinking about how she was without him. She's still frightened of how she's going to live when she feels so broken."A brand new morning shinesAs she wakes up alone againThis time to face the dayShe swears there's time to make itAs she simply walks awayAnd it's ok, she don't want the world"She wakes up after seeing her dreams clearly to a shining brand new morning. To get through the day, she's telling herself she CAN make it out. Something's changed in her and I feel that she's going to walk away. She's not expecting to be able to go somewhere wonderful - just away.
My interpretation of this song is different. I think we interpret as it pertains to our own life.I personally suffered so much abuse throughout my entire life. Never finding what I was looking for.It actually just fractured me because I always had my kids and they were the center of my universe.I lost my mom and that was a huge blow. I felt like my life was turned upside down. I didn't think anything could hurt me anymore than this.Then my youngest son became an addict. I felt like I was broken before, but now, I am more than broken.So when I hear this song. I feel it so deeply. I am depressed. I suffer from PTSD. I have health problems that have just continously gotten worse. I have an open wound inside of me that I hide.I can't share it. I am alone. I am so depressed and so broken, but I can't let it go or walk away. After years of dealing with this. My son is a shell of himself.I am a shell of myself as well.I can't talk to my son anymore. He is emotionally unavailable.I can't talk to most anyone.Everyone is tired of it and they don't want to hear about it or know about it. He has slowly driven almost everyone away from him.I can't have a life, and the more I see how ugly people really are, I don't even want to try. As far as relationships go, I loathe myself for failing, I don't think I have it in myself to ever fall in love with anyone.Most people would say walk away from my son, but I can't.Sometimes I think I can heal myself a little and make things better for myself. I dream about it. I think of dettaching but, I just don't have it in me to actually do it.Sometimes I have hope that he will stop using.So I wake up everyday alone. Slowly sinking down the rabbit hole my son has pulled me into, still maintaining but waiting for it all to just end.Anyways that is how I relate to this song.
I personally agree with Anonymous on March 22nd, although most of them to a certain degree are right. She sees a life with this person, and he is her world. He knows he is what she has based her life around, and he takes advantage of it. She stays there hoping for a change in the days.. and knowing that he is capable of being the person that she fell in love with. She holds onto it until she realizes that it will never be. She doesn't know what it feels like to not have pain. She knows that it isnt right...and she doesn't want that world.. she wants the one where it feels like home in a sense... To her that is real.. not the life she is living in. May I say.. God Bless anyone going through this. I feel your pain...I have been there... and it does get better but only if YOU choose to make a change. Please dont let fear guide you. My Story (continue reading only if you please-sharing my story ) I was with this guy who I had fell in love with. He changed horribly. Before I got with him.. I had a history of family abusing me mentally and physically. So when he showed signs of abuse it was nothing new. I was addicted to the pain and at the end I realized that, which lead me to a different chapter. But before I realized that.. I thought he could change. Don't get me wrong people can change.. but only in due time.. you cant make it happen.. much less waste your life waiting on it to happen just bc you love them!! I felt every word of this song.. and every day I knew that something had to change. He was cheating on me.. doing drugs behind my back (which i heard from friends, but never saw in front of me). I was on my way to his house when I was listening to Give Me a Sign by Breaking Benjamin, which I also felt every word. I was praying to God and telling myself that I wasn't going to allow it anymore. I didnt know how to escape what I was feeling.. this love I had for him, but my new findings.. which was love for myself and my future... I was afraid to walk away bc I didn't know what the future held. I got to his house and we were on a break.. my one last chance of warning him... but afraid again bc I was at his house ..you see lol. I spent the night there. The next day the phone rang. It was a girl. He said infront of me while we were trying to work stuff out... " naw you dont have to worry about her... we aren't together." Then he hung up the phone and tried talking to me bc I grabbed my keys. He said "whats wrong".. my reply "Im not obligated to discuss nothing with you" and I headed for the door. He grabbed me and slammed me on the wall and started choking me. I punched him and made my break for it. Somehow he caught up with me on the porch outside.. he rushed me.. thats when I realized he had a knife. I fought for MY LIFE until some old couple noticed and called the police and the cops got there. THAT WAS MY SIGN FROM GOD! I let my "world" and what I was used to run my life. I forgot all about what I knew was right. The whole time I knew me and him were wrong. I was just too afraid. In that time.. I lost all dignity..respect.. and everything possible for myself. I was LOST! I let it get that far.. so i cant be mad at no one but me. Dont let it get that far if you are in a relationship to where he is constantly lieing, cheating, abusing the situation in ANY way... LEAVE!!! you are worth so much more and are so much better than that.. and can find better... AND CAN DO BAD BY YOURSELF!!!! I can say I was dumb, but I BET... it wont happen again :). After I left and placed an order of protection on him.. I realized I could not even hold my head up in public, I was lieing to my friends and people I loved..and was taking them all for granted.. basically i wasn't being me. Shit has changed and Im happier than ever.. and I can say now that Im back to being me. FCK EVERYONE WHO SHOWS YOU ANY KIND OF DISRESPECT!! FCK'EM! lol!! TELL THEM THAT YOU ARE RICH BITCH!!! even if ya only got a half a penny!!! Lol you are all you need. this next statement is off subject plz ignore FCK A HERO.. I AM MY OWN... EVEN IF YOU HELPED ME... YOU ARENT HERE ARE YA?? SO FCK YOU.. YOU WASN'T THE HERO I THOUGHT YOU WERE.. HA HA RUN TELL THAT!!!! 2ff7e9595c
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