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No real reason to accept that this life has been ended, still faced with indecision. Swimming through the ashes of the life of his unborn child, aborted. "Staring down the barrel of a 45" Here is his indecision which I see represented in the 45. He lost it to this decision or indecision(pain) which swallowed it and now leaves it fallen apart, lacking. Whatever happened to the young man's heart. "With these decisions he recognizes his role as a man, his possible role as a father.
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And I'm starring down the barrel of a 45, swimming through the ashes of another life, no real reason to accept the way things have changed staring down the barrel of a 45!
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" Whatever happened to the young man's heart, swallowed by pain as he slowly fell apart. "In these times of doing what you're told, you keep these feelings no one knows." He doesn't object because it's his girlfriend's "choice" her "right" so he does what he is told must be done but inside he disagrees he feels as though he is ending a life. In a perfect world that wouldn't be necessary, abortion in his eyes may be absurd. "Send away for a perfect world, one not simply so absurd." Here comes the idea or concept of abortion. This child won't be a subtlety to their normal lifestyles, and it wasn't planned it was accidental. When he says "Send away for a priceless gift." He could be talking about a child, sent away for (being made through intercourse). That does fit in with all the lyrics and the video. I heard somewhere that it was about the writer's girlfriend deciding to get an abortion. To me, with the knowledge of the song and the video, I would say that this song is more relational than personal.