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Hey how do you guys interpret that song? It's my fav, but I always wonder what everyone else thinks. I look at it as people bringing someone down, but they push through. What do you guys think?
Here are the lyrics:

He bends and he breaks
If you give they will take away
His passion, his pain, his grace

He exhales,
A thousand black flowers explode
into butterflies as they're away

Rip them out, take them,
Burn to coals as they crush him
Leave nothing
that resembles a soul of a man
(See him numb, see him crushed)
See him numb, See him crushed
Rip them out, take them
Burn to coals as they crush him
Leave nothing
that resembles a soul of a man
(Leave him numb. leave him crushed)
Leave him numb, leave him crushed

Took the fire inside
One too many times
He's burning over and out now,
He fails
Up against the raging tides,
No more fights
Everything you ever wanted to see,
See it in his eyes
One more time, one more time

Climb down to test the waters,
My hands feel like they're rusting away yeah,
So I'll pace around like a lamb before the slaughter
I'll stay here as long as you let me,
Decisions been made obvious so I will return
Where I started I'll stay there
Unfinished
I'll wither away

Rip them out, take them,
Burn to coals as they crush him
Leave nothing
that resembles a soul of a man
(See him numb, See him crushed)
See him numb, See him crushed
Rip them out, take them
Burn to coals as they crush him
Leave nothing
that resembles a soul of a man
(Leave him numb, Leave him crushed)
Leave him numb, leave him crushed