Josh Mitsch - Avenged Sevenfold | Dear God

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mzX0rhF8buo

Dear God

By Avenged Sevenfold

Lyrics:

A lonely road, crossed another cold state line

Miles away from those I love purpose undefined

While I recall all the words you spoke to me

Can't help but wish that I was there

And where I'd love to be, oh yeah

Dear God the only thing I ask of you is

To hold her when I'm not around

When I'm much too far away

We all need that person who can be true to you

But I left her when I found her

And now I wish I'd stayed

'Cause I'm lonely and I'm tired

I'm missing you again oh no

Once again

There's nothing here for me on this barren road

There's no one here while the city sleeps

And all the shops are closed

Can't help but think of the times I've had with you

Pictures and some memories will have to help me through, oh yeah

Dear God the only thing I ask of you is to hold her when I'm not around

When I'm much too far away

We all need that person who can be true to you

I left her when I found her

And now I wish I'd stayed

'Cause I'm lonely and I'm tired

I'm missing you again oh no

Once again

Some search, never finding a way

Before long, they waste away

I found you, something told me to stay

I gave in, to selfish ways

And how I miss someone to hold

When hope begins to fade

A lonely road, crossed another cold state line

Miles away from those I love purpose undefined

Dear God the only thing I ask of you is to hold her when I'm not around

When I'm much too far away

We all need the person who can be true to you

I left her when I found her

And now I wish I'd stayed

'Cause I'm lonely and I'm tired

I'm missing you again oh no

Once again

My Interpretation:

There’s another song by them called seize the day and in that song it’s how he left his pregnant wife/girlfriend to go rob a bank and in the altercation gets left behind and captured by the police. His wife/girlfriend then later dies in a car crash. What leads me to believe this is that he says “I left her when I found her, And now I wish I'd stayed” and “I'm missing you again”. So this song, Dear God, has led me to believe that it is a continuation of Seize the Day. Dear God is almost like he’s praying to God to forgive him for what he has done and that she shouldn’t have been punished for his mistakes and all that he asks is that welcome her with open arms and to take care of her while he can not. How it’s impacted me is not only can mistakes ruin precious opportunities, but if you don’t spend a lot of time with someone you care about and something bad happens to them, such as death, you feel terrible and blame yourself for not telling them how much they meant to you. Words that could’ve been said now left unspoken, and moments missed all because of poor mistakes and or not caring.