The song is about going through a heartbreak and saying goodbye to the person you love most. The lead singer wrote it after a breakup to process his emotions. The chorus repeats that though it's over, he still loves her and wants to spare her more hurt by leaving. Key lyrics express themes of loss, regret over not changing his ways sooner, and coming to terms with needing to move on for both their sakes.
2. Explained in an interveiw, the lead singer Brent Smith
said that this song is about going through heartbreak and
then Working with yourself to get through it. The song is
about losing the one you love the most. Listen to the
chorus. He's telling her goodbye because he thinks he
can save her some hurt
4. “ I had to make a choice that was not mine”
“ I had to say good bye for the last time”
In Lines 20 and 21 mine and time
rhyme.
5. “Wrap me in a bolt of lightning”
“ Send me on my way still smiling”
The reason that this is a slant rhyme is because lightning
and smiling sound alike but do not rhyme.
6. “ Tell me its over I stilllove you the same”
In this line, the T is repeated many times.
7. “ Call me a Sinner, Call me a Saint”
“ Tell me it’s over I still love you the same”
“ Call me your Favorite, Call me the Worst”
“ Tell me its over I don't want you to hurt”
“ Its all that I can say. So I’ll be on my way”
The chorus is repeated two times in this song.
8. “ Call me a Sinner, Call me a Saint”
“ Call me your Favorite, Call me the Worst”
In these two lines that are repeated throughout the song,
the words Call me are repeated.
10. “ wrap me in a bolt of lightning”
The reason that this line is an idiom is because you cant
actually be wrapped in a bolt of lightning.
11. “Straight into the mouth of the unknown”
This line symbolizes that he was confused and very
depressed
12. I had to make a choice that was not mine I had to say
goodbye for the last time
This line means that he had to say goodbye and could
not control it.
14. Wrap me in a bolt of lightning
Wrapis a word that means enclose in and you can touch
something that you are wrapped in.
15. Call me a Sinner, Call me a saint
The reason this is hearing is because he can hear the
person calling him a sinner and a saint.
16. Straight into the mouth of the unknown
The word mouth involves taste.
17. Wrap me in a bolt of lightning Maybe that’s the way it should be
Send me on my way still smiling You know I live my life like a gypsy.
Maybe that’s the way I should go I’ve said it so many times
Straight into the mouth of the unknown I would change my ways
I left a spare key on the table No never mind
Never really thought I’d be able God knows I’ve tried
To say I merely visit on the weekends Call me a Sinner, Call me a Saint.
I lost my whole life and a dear friend. Tell me its over I still love you the same
I’ve said it so many times Call me your Favorite Call me the worst
I would change my ways Tell me its over I don't want you to hurt.
No never mind
God knows I've tried.
Lyrics
Call me a sinner, Call me a Saint,
Tell me its over I still love you the same
Its all that I can say. So I’ll be on my way.
Call me a sinner call me a saint.
Tell me its over i still love you the same
Call me your favorite call me the worst
Call me your favorite, Call me the Worst. Tell me its over idont want you to hurt
Tell me its over I don't want you to hurt. Its all that I can say, So I”ll be on my way.
Its all that I can say. So I’ll on my way. I’ll always keep you inside you healed my
I finally put it all together heart and my life. And you know I’ve
But nothing really lasts forever tried.
I had to make a choice that was not mine. So I’ll be on my way
I had to say goodbye for the last time So I’ll be on my way.
I kept my whole life in a suitcase
Never really stayed in one place
