We Are the Fallen - St. John Meaning

St. John Lyrics

This night is alive with the smell of insane
Its reaching for me and its calling my name
I beg for silence to drown out their weep
How did this asylum become where I sleep

So ashamed of waking
All my life you failed to keep me safe
My...

1. anonymous

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   Mar 24th 2020 !⃝

   If you hate this song so much, then why did you search it? Or did you come on here, to this particular band and song, by accident? Also, no one cares whether you like them or not. So why don't you shut the fuck up and stop bothering other people with your crap.
2. anonymous

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   Apr 19th 2017 !⃝

   St. John is a mental institution in Ireland (? I think, I know it's not in the u.s)
   So maybe one of the members was institutionalized or someone close to them was. It's about mental illness for sure
   -A bipolar sufferer
3. anonymous

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   Oct 21st 2014 !⃝

   "St John's wort is a herbal medicine that is used to treat symptoms of mental health problems."
   
   I think that the music, as already said here, is about mental disorders and someone being institutionalized and does not accept his or her condition.
   The quote above may explain the title of the music.
4. Evanescence4ever

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   May 22nd 2014 !⃝

   I think it's about a person who was obsessed with drugs maybe.
5. anonymous

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   Jul 9th 2013 !⃝

   I agree that it's about mental disorders, probably using asylums as a metaphor.
6. anonymous

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   Feb 11th 2013 !⃝

   omg i hate this song. this band in particuler. i'm glad evenescence got rid of ben moody, just look at what crap he poors out

   This interpretation has been marked as poor. view anyway
7. anonymous

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   Feb 20th 2011 !⃝

   From the lyrics of this song, it sounds like she's in some sort of mental institution and she's begging to get out. I get my theory from the three lyrics, "how did this asylum become where I sleep", "in this institution for you now I pray", and "locked up tight from the world outside me". I don't know if the song is meant to be that literal, or if it's just a metaphor of some kind, but that seems like the most likely explanation.