anonymous March 26th, 2009 03:08AM  
This song could have many meanings and it's interpretation is truly up to the individual. The way I see it is a matter of inner turmoil. We all have our own expectations of who and what we are. And when life is not going as we planned or we are trying to be someone whom we are not. The personal implications can be devastating. We all try to be what we belive others expect us to be. I feel this song is about someone who finally gets tired of being what they feel others expect from them and desperately reaches out for their own true self. They are reaching out and fighting to be able to be themself once again.

MiseryBlack April 28th, 2009 07:36PM  
Song is simply about someone who is sick and tired of having to be something that they're not. The music video put it as a teenaged girl, but that doesnt nessicarrily mean that that's the only thing it refers too. While music videos are usualy the way to go in trying to figure out what a song means, to say that the song is ONLY about a girl and ONLY a teenager is putting it a little too litterally.

al619 July 1st, 2009 11:46PM  
Their talkin about God...the worlds genereal frustration with doin the right thing but because were all imperfect..it feels impossible..most of us want to do whats right.. but sin daily..that becomes a source of frustration..They talk about not being able to see or feel God..Feelin faithless..So it becomes frustration..Their basicly sayin they give up...and instead of God..their gonna play for the other team...its no coincedence they chose Jay-Z to do the Mashup..Jay-z has made it clear how he feels about God.. So the analogy with the kid& parent is relevant cause..we all view God as our father.. My two cents...dont give up..this is all a test..

noirevampire1234 September 8th, 2009 07:51AM  
apart from the video, this song is about any current-day teen, who feels the pressure of everyone around him. His parents, society and friends who just do not let him be his own individual. He is so stressed that he goes numb in the mind and breaks apart when in fear that everyone will hate him. In the video, this is what happens to the girl.

anonymous September 27th, 2009 03:02PM  
This song is about the situation of being expected to be someone you canīt be. You get nomb to the reality because of the huge pressure. In the video itīs a girl, but i thhink it can be every person. There are expectations on everyone: being a good friend, nice to all people, act like others expect you to...,but i think a teenager fits quite good to this song. Especialy as a teenager you feek the pressure of friends, family and even of society, who all expect something of you. You canīt be the one you want to be and maybe then you forget who you are. I mean that you are not individual, because you canīt find out if thereīs maybe something else you would like to do. And if you have a brother or a sister who is better than you are the expectation on you to do everything right are even higher and you canīt be like him or her. It seems like the girl in the video has her own world, I mean her dream of being saved by the angels she is drawing. There she can be like she is, but thatīs not reality and reality goes bye without her. In the video thatīs shown by the fact that sheīs late every time. The others seem to be to fast, but sheīs only to slow, because she is numb to the world. Well, sorry that it is that long,but iīve put all the ideas ilike from others interpretations here in it and i trie, too, to put my own thoughts in here, I hope you like it :) ! Miss Chazlyn

anonymous October 21st, 2009 06:25PM  
The other interpretations cracked the surface but didn't hit the nail on the head. I know cause Numb is a song that I understand completely. It refers to someone in your life (parent, partner, sibling) who keeps pushing you to do what they think is best for you. They don't quite see that what they push you to do is not necessarily the best thing for you...all they see is the need for you to live up to their expectations. In the song you hear chester say (You were just like me with someone disappointed in you). Quite likely this someone in our lives has accomplished something good but they haven't accomplished what the people in their life pushed them to accomplish and just as they were pushed they push us not realising that it is destroying our relationship with them and leaving us NUMB to them. It's a really beautiful song and it speaks to me because i've become numb to my parents. They are both successful but not as successful as they planned and they both want me to follow their footsteps to something great but they also expect me to do better than they did. Numb is my way of knowing that i'm not the only one becoming numb to others expectations and demands. I'm not the only one tired of being pushed into doing something that someone else wants me to do.

nsohne November 23rd, 2009 12:40AM  
This song is about Depersonalization Disorder. Although not commonly known, this is when a person feels they are in a dream and not really there.

gb March 8th, 2010 08:48PM  
I read a lot of the interpretations ands as a 56 year old divorced father of a 17 year old. It's about failed relationships. Whether its between a father and son, a great interpretation that I will try to learn from or between a man and a woman. It's about being tired or numb from constantly disappointing the other person when all you've tried to do is please them.