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 …

…think none-the-less. Child abuse is horribly wrong, but children all over the world see it, or are possibly even living with it. As this girl, there are definitely families like the one portrayed within the song that have a child continuously listening to family members being abused who feel helpless as the person receiving the abuse. A major problem in the world is that some even see it as just another day in their life.