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Blue October - Hate Me Song MeaningsLyrics:(If you're sleeping are you dreaming If your dreaming are you dreaming of me? I can't believe you actually picked me.) (”Hi Justin, t... (See the rest of these lyrics) Submitted by: anonymous Added: 2006-05-04 21:24:54 Rating:  If you take a look at the video you will see that there is a mother character which interacts with the singer. If you listen to the album version of the song, you will also notice at the beginning of the song a phone message from a mother-type of character. (ie. wondering where he is, if he's ok. etc. and the voice is of an older woman) the beginning of the song talks about the blocking out thoughts of "you". much of the song is apologetic to in the way that he's saying, "leave me so that you can be better off". He talks about leaving so that "you" can be better. from what I can make of it, it's a song to his mother or perhaps someone who cared deeply for him. He's apologizing for the things he's done and is now realizing that he only causes trouble for her, so he's leaving. He has memories of her but ultimately wants her to forget him so that they can both move on with their lives.
Submitted by: anonymous I believe this song is about someone who just had a serious break up. They want the ex to move on and be happy.
Submitted by: anonymous I think the song is about either the son or the mother passing away. The son committed suicide from all of his troubles and wants the mother to forget about him. Or the mother died and the song is apologizing to her. He is so hurt that he doesn't want to think of her.
Submitted by: anonymous Sounds like drugs to me. They are a downward spiral that eventually leads to self-devestation. I get the feeling Justin was found with only a slight bit of life and the mother/wife was screaming...whispers "how could you do this to me?" He left her.....
Submitted by: jagal I believe, by watching the video and hearing the lyrics that he put his mother through a lot of worrying and grief because of what he was going through in life and she couldn't take it anymore, he finally brought her to her death. Then after realizing what he had done, he takes his own life.
Submitted by: anonymous I think the mother died and he regretted having used so many drugs.
Submitted by: anonymous Really I think the songself, minus the video is about a son (since the singer IS a guy) and his mum of course.
Submitted by: anonymous I think it starts out he's trying to say I need space,leave me alone. "And will you never try to reach me? it is I that wanted space" starting to try to get his mom to kind of start to lay off and forget him because in the end I think he kills himself. He was just trying to make it easy on her but the song is kinda like a suisise note to her like saying sorry for all the bad shit he's done to her and how he made her life like hell with worry. Then she see's him dieing,his mom comes closer to him, he's like" And with a sad heart I say bye to you and wave". Then he starts to regret it and starts saying I wasnt strong enough "And like a baby boy I never was a man"and as he's dying he wants to come back. Thats when he starts saying" Until I saw your blue eyes cry and I held your face in my hand
Submitted by: anonymous Ok so there are tons of interpretations for this song. Most people I've heard are talking about a break-up with his girlfriend, but if you actually watch the video and listen to the first part of the song you hear that he is listening to a phone message from his mother. I believe he is talking about all the things he's done wrong and how his mother has helped him with it. Yet he never helped her in return. Then in the end one of them dies and he is telling her to hate him because he doesn't want to cause her anymore pain than he already has.
Submitted by: anonymous I think the song has a two part meaning. He is actually recovering from drugs/alcohol. When someone first "sobers up" you have some of the worst thoughts that one can imagine in early recovery. You basically can't stop thinking about all of the stupid crap you've done to those you love the most, only now you don't have anyway to medicate yourself, so it's a living hell. I think he's reflecting on the love his mother gave him and perhaps an ex girlfriend as well during this period in his life.
Submitted by: anonymous I personally think that this song is about a break up....he is looking back at what happened and it is still so alive to him. And when he remembers these things, he feels so empty, and he almost blames himself for it. If he blames him self then his ex could then move on and be happy because he was just holding her back. He thinks that if the ex hates him then the ex will finally agree with how things ended up. Speaking from personal experiance and such...to me this song relates that as much as you love the memories and the good times shared, they haunt you. They remind you of what can never be again, even though you wish they would just come back, so if you can carry the blame then the breakup is justified (no pun inteneded). I don't think it relates to his mom in the since that she died or he killed himself because he was a bad son, the mom ties into the situation because she cares about him and is worried that he is taking the break up hard. She is just making sure that he is taking care of himself, and not forgeting to live, which he is. He thinks that if he can move far a way, then the problem is gone...
Submitted by: anonymous It's about a person coming back from a crack addiction. He dies, and the singer is a friend relaying the story.
Submitted by: anonymous The phone message at the beginning says "Hi Justin, this is your mother" so this song has nothing to do with another other type of relationship. Secondly, she says in the phone message... "sounded like you were nervous to"; however, she speeds up as she says to and it also sounds identical to "my chemo threapist too" which sounds like a subliminal message because you can cleary hear both. Now it would make the rest of the song make sense if this was true. The mom has cancer, the singer has depression and is an alcoholic. The mom didn't have enough money to pay for her chemo and his meds, so she sacrifaced herself. At the end, you can hear the mom slowly fading away, "hey justin.... Hey justin.... Hey justin..." until it is so soft you can't hear it- he death. It makes sense this way? and it is possible that it wasnt a sublime message at the beginning- but the mom could have some other sickness as well. Any input?
Submitted by: anonymous Hate me is a wonderful song because of it at least dual meanings. If you hear the song you think it’s about a guy tormented about a terrible breakup. If you see the video you realize it’s about his mother. It is in fact about his mom. In the video you don’t see any reference to a father you we assume that his mother raised him. Justin had a terrible time growing up with no father figure and became involved in serious drugs. He was in treatment as we know in the message about taking his meds. He sits listening to the voice machine and wonders thru the house and time. He realizes he has put his mom thru hell and he thinks what he has put her thru has killed her“an ounce of peace is all I want for you. Will you never call again?” her death is only in his mind. It is his struggle with drugs and in the end he gets thru it and they are both healthy and happy.
Submitted by: anonymous That one line "im sober now for three whole months,one accomplishment that you helped me with"could mean when she died it scared him sober .
Submitted by: Carly This song is about a guy who realizes he has never grown up. His mother passes and he sees that he put her through hell. He's thinking she probably hates I'm for the person he became.
Submitted by: anonymous My interpretation.
Submitted by: anonymous I view this as a person who has abused, who is sober, and seeing all of the awful things he has said and done as someone growing up confused about life and who he is. He does this to a person who loved him, probably his mother. He knows that she loves him, unconditionally, and this is a part of what hurts him and his recovery. He is not proud of himself and wonders how she could still love him despite the things he has done to dishonor her. So, he goes on wishing things we're different. Living in the past. Reflecting on what good there was. He wishes that he had been more, but prays for the relationship they shared to never had existed so that neither of them would feel the pain that it's caused, but thankful that those same awful feelings are what made him a man.
Submitted by: anonymous This song has a personal meaning to me. I know it's about a mother and son, but when I first heard it, all I could think about was my ex-boyfriend. He would always tell me that I was better off without him and that one day he'd disappear and never come back. And i'd just cry and cry and tell him to stop and ask him why did all the self-destructive and hurtful things he did to himself... Including drugs and alcohol. And he would tell me that he wanted me to be happy and he loved me and that was why he couldn't be in my life. So that's what the song means to me.
Submitted by: anonymous Okay, I'm trying to listen to this song and do the writing so it's a little confusing :p anyway, when he says, "I have to block out thoughts of you, so I don't lose my head," means that he probably didn't appreciate her caring for him, and now he feels guilty for never thanking her. "hate me for all the things I didn't do for you," means that she did everything for him, but he never did anything in return and she died, so he feels really bad. "i'm sober now for three whole months, that's one accomplishment you helped me with," means that they probably had a lot of problems and fights over alcohol, and when she died, it scared him or made him stop drinking. And now we add, "the one thing that always tore us apart is the one thing I won't touch again." I think that means that, again, they had fights over alcohol, and when she died, he stopped drinking. "I want to thank you for holding my head up late at night," means that he had trouble sleeping and "while I was busy waging wars on myself, you were trying to stop the fight," means that he blamed himself for his mother dying. "hate me so you can finally see what’s good for you," means that she should stop worrying about him because it's no use because he's never going to appreciate the things she sacrifices for him. "and like a baby boy I never was a man
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