Made of Steel meaning

yourbuddypal · Post by **yourbuddypal** » 7/27/2002, 12:39 am

SO i was listening to gravity the other day(like everyday), and popped on made of steel. About mid-song, i had a revelation about the meaning. Is it just me, or is it about a friend who tried to commit suicide? "THEY FOUND THE NOTE DOWN IN YOUR CAR, and Its not your fault it gets this hard, hold youre head high, dont look down, im by your side, wont back down. You wanted a hero tonight, well im not made of steel, im not made of steel, BUT YOUR SECRETS SAFE WITH ME....some sympathy, THAT REMINDS YOU NOT TO BLEED...you crawled up here to fall apart..." And i personally think all the "i can be anything..." stuff is support to help this person who obviously has mental anguish...Yeah...my thoughts at least. I wanna hear other opinions.

Our lady peace rocks the casbah.

Potato Girl · Post by **Potato Girl** » 7/27/2002, 12:50 am

Nice interp. I read somewhere that this song is about suicide. And someone told me that it was about Raine's little brother. Poor fella

areusad831 · Post by **areusad831** » 7/27/2002, 10:09 am

the song is definatley about suicide

trentm32 · Post by **trentm32** » 7/27/2002, 10:49 am

Yeah, suicide would have to be my guess. :nod:

Joey · Post by **Joey** » 7/27/2002, 10:50 am

I agree totally .. I think it's definitely about suicide .. I didn't hear it was about Raine's little brother though .. don't you remember when Ken was here he said that song was written about him, along with parts of Innocent being written about him and his girlfriend :freak:

Solidarity 9-6347 · Post by **Solidarity 9-6347** » 7/27/2002, 10:51 am

i think the suicide inference is pretty good, but it doesn't necessarily have to be about someone trying to kill themselves. it could be about having a friend that's extremely depressed and you have to help them to see that their life is not a shit sandwich.

heh that made me think of a line from she's come undone by wally lamb...."i saw a bumper sticker on this one guys car that said 'life's a shit sandwich' so i took my pen and wrote next to it, 'only if you're a shithead'" :lol:

Joey · Post by **Joey** » 7/27/2002, 10:58 am

That's a good book! I read it years ago and I remember it being good but I can't remember what it's about! :lol:

Potato Girl · Post by **Potato Girl** » 7/27/2002, 2:43 pm

clumsyfish wrote:I agree totally .. I think it's definitely about suicide .. I didn't hear it was about Raine's little brother though .. don't you remember when Ken was here he said that song was written about him, along with parts of Innocent being written about him and his girlfriend

Clumsyfish, i don't mean to sound nosey but who is Ken. Someone on the CC told me that it was about his little brother.

Sufjan Stevens · Post by **Sufjan Stevens** » 7/27/2002, 2:45 pm

Ken was this guy who said he was Raine's cousin or something...no one believed him and he disappeared.

neoncrossing · Post by **neoncrossing** » 7/27/2002, 2:55 pm

i agree with the suicide idea....that is what i thought from the first time i heard it.

tokkata · Post by **tokkata** » 7/27/2002, 3:20 pm

i agree, i think the song is about suicide or even supporting a friend who is thinking about suicide...maybe...

UltraViolet · Post by **UltraViolet** » 7/27/2002, 4:54 pm

clumsyfish wrote:I agree totally .. I think it's definitely about suicide .. I didn't hear it was about Raine's little brother though .. don't you remember when Ken was here he said that song was written about him, along with parts of Innocent being written about him and his girlfriend

I am confused here. the song was written about Ken and Innocent was aobut Ken and his girlfriend. Oh please. You know I emailed that guy and never got an answer back.

For the record my friend and I thought the Suicide reference also. I thought that the person being sung too was deep in depression and wanted to die or couldn't find away out and the person singing it saved them. That is just my interp.

another thing about good old KEN there. I am probably better friends with Raine then he was and I don't consider myself a friend. More of an aquaintance I guess. :love:

Joey · Post by **Joey** » 7/27/2002, 4:56 pm

Exactly nobody believed him .. I was only joking, that's why I put the :freak:

at the end. I didn't believe anything Ken said

2+2=5 · Post by **2+2=5** » 7/28/2002, 10:21 am

hey I remember him! He was pretty much gone though by the time I joined. I dunno, if you wanna say that you know Raine then whatever. I don't.

Axtech · Post by **Axtech** » 7/28/2002, 10:24 am

He was so full of bull.

He said that Raine's favourite Gravity songs were All For You and Made of Steel. Raine even said that his favourite was Innocent...

the android · Post by **the android** » 7/28/2002, 10:37 am

I think he finally gave up and stopped posting because there was no point in lying anymore.

luckyJQ9 · Post by **luckyJQ9** » 7/28/2002, 10:49 am

hehe...Ken. I remember him and his infamous letters to and from Raine. They were such good friends that most of the lyrics on Gravity pertain to Ken in some way, their powerful bonding friendship, and Ken's imaginary girlfriend. We tore him up like Scott bathroom tissue....whahaha :evil:

2+2=5 · Post by **2+2=5** » 7/28/2002, 11:00 am

It's so easy to make up shit about yourself on the internet that I'm skeptical when people claim to be this or that.

Axtech · Post by **Axtech** » 7/28/2002, 11:03 am

I'm the second coming of Jesus.

the android · Post by **the android** » 7/28/2002, 11:03 am

Ken's a CM legend now. LMAO.

Whatta toolbox.