it's about working hard and finally getting your shot. but also about if you had known had how hard it would be you wouldn't have chosen to do it, but you're glad you did. The lyrics: in one instant you realize you have arrived you've done…

at the end of my rope. or so i thought

YES

This is a remake of a song I wrote a long time ago. I think I was influenced by Peter Gabriel's "Intruder" and "Family Snapshot", two songs where he travels into the mind of the deranged. So in this case we don't know what the offense was exactly…