anonymous April 1st, 2006 09:48PM  

He himself said it was about woman abuse, if you listen enough you'll understand. He can't stand to be wrong or defeated, and so in a way his girlfriend or wife had defeat him. His girlfriend or wife gives the gift of love to him and he treats her badly, and he's is ashamed of the abuse he's caused to his girlfriend, says at the end of the song.

anonymous May 20th, 2006 08:36PM  

I think the video looks like it's about him abusing the little girl, to death, as previously inquired, and her mother (his wife maybe?) knows and is upset. Perhaps everyone's disgusted by his actions (hence when he shakes the man's hand, the man wipes it off on his pants). He's ashamed of what he did and builds a very small version of the traditional "shrine" in her honor. He continues to be haunted by the girl. HOWEVER...that's just what I think...or rather...have added up.

anonymous July 24th, 2006 11:15PM  

I think that the song is about someone being a dad but not ever caring about the girl and the wife and girl move away then he gets the message about this and goes there and the people do not approve him because he did not do nothing for the girl hense when he says "like I matter to the one I need" this is a great song but can mean a lot of different things

anonymous November 24th, 2006 07:59PM  

Ok look Shaun has already said himself the video has nothing to do with the song. So yes the song may be about woman abuse or whatever but it has nothing to do with him abusing the little girl in the video. The video is just about Dia De Los Muertos and how they find it cool that they celebrate the dead.

anonymous July 17th, 2007 12:10PM  

This song ,to me, is about the felling of loneliness among other things as being hurt in a relationship or being ashamed to the point to where ypu can't look at yourself in the mirror.Shaun Morgan said that he rather have the person who listens to the bands songs have their own thoughts on what the band's songs mean to them ...and I agree.This song is for my long lost true love since we both fell in love with each other and this song.I love forever.

anonymous March 24th, 2008 08:51AM  

Shaun abused Amy Lee while they were together, not sure if he had abused his other girlfriends as well but I'm certain that this song is about him abusing women.

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 path I'm living on
I'm right on the wrong side of it all

The gift simply being love and affection
him not being well would probably be being an alcoholic and abusing women
And who wouldn't be ashamed for living like that?

This is just my opinion..

butterfly_girl352 May 19th, 2008 10:49AM  

I think the song is about a man who tought he was doomed from the beginnig, a man who thought his life would never get any better , it turned him toward alcohol. no matter how many love him his mind raced. He had overcome a lot but still the past always came back to haunt him, and in the end he gave up. This song was one of my cousins favorites I guess it reminded him of his own life and on april 21,2008 he took his own life he was found in the woods the next day he had hung himself. He left behind a son and 3 daughters and a loving wife who tried with everything she had to help him but he couldnt be helped.They played this song at his funeral I guess because it explained alot. We will miss him dearly.

missy May 21st, 2008 08:06PM  

I believe this song was written for my husband. He ended his life April 21st of this year. He had made mistakes and was ashamed and could not forgive himself for the pain he caused his family. He was not well and felt as though he did not belong here anymore. He could not love himself so he was not able to accept the gift of love that was given to him. He was searching for something to hold on to..to keep him alive. Every time he looked in the mirror, he felt so ashamed of the lie that he was living. He drank to try to hide the pain, but it became too much to bear.This song helped me realize how he was feeling and the pain he felt everyday.This song was played at his funeral.It was his explanation of the pain he felt and it was his goodbye to us.

anonymous September 26th, 2008 04:19AM  

My interpretation is suffering the long term effects of abuse and trying to break free, without success. "I'm so afraid of the gift you give me
I don't belong here and I'm not well" The gift being life, or another chance at it and I don't belong here and I'm not well is confirmation of giving up with acknowledgment to depression.

anonymous June 3rd, 2009 09:39PM  

Most people call life, "the gift of God" The lyrics state: "I'm so afraid of the gift you give me." I think this means that he is afraid to face life and it's potential consequences if he makes a mistake. He's ashamed of the life full of lies that he's living, and because of what he is ashamed of doing, he has been defeated inside by himself. Becuase of this, like I said before, he doesn't want to face things becuase he's afriad how it will turn out, and he doesn't want to reach out to the world because he is paranoid of something else that's new, going wrong just like his everything else that has happened becuase of him in the past.

anonymous June 3rd, 2009 09:46PM  

(I know I already typed this same interpretation before, but that last one had spelling mistakes and grammer mistakes, and I can't find a way to remove it. So here is a re-type of my interpretation.) Most people call life, "the gift of God" The lyrics state: "I'm so afraid of the gift you give me." I think this means that he is afraid to face life and it's potential consequences if he makes a mistake. He is ashamed of the life full of lies that he's living becuase of his past mistakes, and because of what he has done that he is ashamed of doing, he has been defeated inside by himself. Because of this, like I said before, he doesn't want to face things because he's afriad how it will turn out, and he doesn't want to reach out to the world because he is paranoid of something else that's new, just going wrong just like everything else that has happened becuase of him in the past.

anonymous June 13th, 2009 12:25PM  

This song is about the gift of life and how he has twisted his into something he is totally ashamed of and can't stand he is afraid to keep going with his gift of life because its a miserable one

anonymous July 16th, 2009 09:26PM  

Isn't the song just about how bad he feels in regards to how he treated his wife. I think it is also about his daughter Jayde "I'm so afraid of the gift you give me", I think it's about how he feels he can't be a good enough father to his daughter because he isn't right in himself and he's scared he'll screw up and they won't have any sort of relationship. Also if you really want to go into the relationship of the video (which shaun stated is not related to the song in any way). I would suggest that perhaps the video is of him feeling like he mistreated his wife, and feels that he may be doing the same to his daughter an that he is afraid of losing her, or maybe already feels as though he has.

anonymous July 23rd, 2009 07:22PM  

I think the song is about a guy who has contracted aids from a woman, i feel this way because the gift that he has recived is a shamfull and scarry to him at the same time. just my thoughts thanks for your time.

anonymous July 25th, 2009 07:42PM  

I think music is a gift from an artist that lets you interpret it or apply meaning however you see fit. For me, my Mom passed away 11 years ago this September. She gave me the gift of life, which is pretty precious in itself. However, I guess my personality leans a bit to the dark, so I don't feel like I belong, and at times don't feel I am well (depression). I'm afraid of living life to it's fullest and extending myself to other human beings. I've never been a deviant, but I am just on the right side of being wrong. So for me, this song is thanks to my Mom for the life and lessons she gave to me, and an apology and admission of guilt for not owning the life she gave me and doing the best I really can with it. Thank you for your time.

anonymous August 4th, 2009 11:29AM  

Now my interpretation of this song may be completely different from everybody else's, but this is what I think... "The Gift" itself is the gift of love. In this song, he's saying that he's afraid/ashamed to receive this gift because he feels unworthy. He doesn't like who he is as a person and he's ashamed of himself. In a way, he doesn't want "the gift" because he doesn't feel thqt he deserves it, but at the same time he really wants this gift because love is a beautiful thing. When Shaun says "Hold me now I need to feel complete like I matter to the one I need," that line can be saying that he wants love and he wants to have this gift even though he doesn't deserve it.