what does this song mean?

Question

all these lives by chris daughtry


Doesn't come down when she calls,
"It's time for breakfast."
Momma can't get down those halls
Fast enough to see
Glass is sprayed across the floor
From the broken window.
She can't breathe anymore.
Can't deny what we know.

They're gonna find you, just believe.
You're not a person; you're a disease.

All these lives that you've been taking,
Deep inside, my heart is breaking.
Broken homes from separation.
Don't you know it's violation?
It's so wrong, but you'll see.
Never gonna let you take my world from me.
The world outside these walls may know you're breathing,
But you ain't comin' in.
You ain't comin' in.

Posters hung on building walls
Of missing faces.
Months go by without the cause,
The clues, or traces.

They're gonna find you, just believe.
You're not a person; you're a disease.

All these lives that you've been taking,
Deep inside, my heart is breaking.
Broken homes from separation.
Don't you know it's violation?
It's so wrong, but you'll see.
Never gonna let you take my world from me.
The world outside these walls may know you're breathing,
But you ain't comin' in.

Shed the light on all the ones who never thought they would become
A father, mother asking why this world can be so cold.

Doesn't come down when she calls,
"It's time for breakfast."
The memories begin to fall.
She asks, "When will I be free?"

All these lives that you've been taking,
Deep inside, my heart is breaking.
Broken homes from separation.
Don't you know it's violation?
It's so wrong, but you'll see.
Never gonna let you take my world from me.
The world outside these walls may know you're breathing,
But you ain't comin' in.

All these lives that you've been taking,
Deep inside, my heart is breaking.
All these lives that you've been taking,
Deep inside, my heart is breaking.
All these lives that you've been taking,
Deep inside, my heart is breaking.
The world outside these walls may know you're breathing,
The world outside these walls may know you're breathing,
But you ain't comin' in

do you like it, by the way?
listen:
file:///C:/Documents%20and%20Settings/Laura%20Davidson/Shared/%20Chris%20Daughtry%20-%20All%20These%20Lives.mp3

link won 't work.. sorry

Answer 1

I have the CD and the first time I heard it, I thought the song was about addiction and that it starts out with the girl commiting suicide but, then I read the lyrics under the cover and realized that he says "glass is sprayed across the floor from the broken window." Logically, the only way the glass could be 'sprayed across the floor' is if it was broken from the outside thus leading me to believe it was because of a drive-by.

Leading me to believe the song is about violence and and people being taken from their loved ones either through kidnapping and/or murder. It is definitely a powerful song. Check out the video someone made on his official site, put together with faces of missing people. It's great!

Answer 2

its about Child Abduction actually.
Posters hung on building walls
Of missing faces.
Months go by without the cause,
The clues, or traces.

Answer 3

It sounds like its about the scumbag child predators and their effect on the families of their victims. I bet it's nice but your link won't work so I can't listen.