Song Analysis #1

"The Gift"
Seether

Hold me now I need to feel relief
Like I never wanted anything
I suppose I'll let this go and find a reason I'll hold on to
I'm so ashamed of defeat
And I'm out of reason to believe in me
I'm out of trying to get by

I'm so afraid of the gift you give me
I don't belong here and I'm not well
I'm so ashamed of the lie I'm living
Right on the wrong side of it all

I can't face myself when I wake up
And look inside a mirror
I'm so ashamed of that thing
I suppose I'll let it go
Untill I have something more to say for me
I'm so afraid of defeat
And I'm out of reason to believe in me
I'm out of trying to defy

I'm so afraid of the gift you give me
I don't belong here and I'm not well
I'm so ashamed of the lie I'm living
Right on the wrong side of it all

Hold me now I need to feel complete
Like I matter to the one I need

I'm so afraid of the gift you give me
I don't belong here and I'm not well
I'm so ashamed of the lie I'm living
Right on the wrong side of it all

Now I'm ashamed of this
I am so ashamed of this
Now I'm so ashamed of me
I am so ashamed of me...

This song is actually a love song written by the band Seether. He talks of how he is ashamed at the defeat of his love. What he means by defeat is that if you watch the music video he looks to be abusing this girl and that makes him feel defeated and ashamed of himself and he cannot deal with that. What he means by the gift is the gift of love and he is ashamed of it because she has given him her love and he goes and abuses/mistreats her, therefore he did not return the proper love to her. He now cannot get this defeat out of his head and throughout the whole song he just keeps reiterating on how he is ashamed of himself. He says he cant even look at himself the same in the mirror anymore.
Many people can interpret this song in a different way but I see it as a love song and somewhat of a way for him to apologize. Everyone has the gift of love at one point in there life and there is always someone out there for anyone and everyone. He had this gift but he lost it when he had made many mistakes and didn't cherish his love and treat her the right way and now he is regretting it and he knows that he may never be able to win her back. It scares him everyday not being with her and he cannot look at himself or be himself again until he knows that she is back with him and that things can be better.