Analyzing Skillet's Song 'The Last Night'
The song “The Last Night” by Skillet has lyrics that speak to many of us at some point, some more than others. There are two speakers/singers in this song you tell the story of someone who seems lost and hopeless and of another someone who is trying to help this person. Many themes throughout the song: hopelessness/loneliness, love/compassion, safety. In the end, we never know what choice is made, if the speaker allows help to come, but there is an overwhelming sense that things are turning towards the better. From the very beginning, the male singer paints us a picture of the female singer. She has come to him with “scars on her wrist”, implying that she at least cuts herself and perhaps has tried to kill herself. We also see that this