The lyrics of the song tell of the horrors of the world and a longing for a `` life less frightening '' ( '' ... I 'm soaking with the sins of knowing what 's gone wrong ... '' ) and tells that lack of action will only cause the problems to worsen ( `` Time again I have found myself stuttering\/Foundations pulled out from under me . '' ) . The lyrics of the song depict a realization of the horrors of the world and a longing for a `` life less frightening '' ( '' ... I 'm soaking with the sins of knowing what 's gone wrong ... '' ) and infers that lack of action will only cause the problems to worsen ( `` Time again I have found myself stuttering\/Foundations pulled out from under me . '' ) .