Analytical Essay: Korn - Falling Away From Me

Korn's song, Falling Away From Me is completely about the point of view of the sister of a child being repetitively abused, rather than that of a by standing adult. But the narrative scheme is much more complicated... The song is in the first person, meaning that the sister is saying it seeing through the eyes of her brother. This is a girl who can clearly understand what her brother is feeling.
Though the lyrics are quite repetitive and seem to be straight forward, the song was written about a boy who is physically and emotionally abused by his father. Through the duration of the song, a…