Louder Than Ever

Interesting take Jfaja. Here is the message.

First of all, all lyrics are correct except it is "I was counting my chi, I was digging my strange". This whole song is about a broken relationship/marraige. When the dude falls in a rut (usually caused by the unreasonable female companion. Not all lyrics donate to the message (if any) but rather accompany the preceding line.

All my windows were barred - My feelings toward this relationship are completely shut down
The sun made stripes of shades - Literal, sun shining through bars make stripes of shade (depression) I was sitting round like a zombie - Doing nothing about the depressing marraige and just eating Feedin' my own face

I was counting my Chi - Maybe my good Karma will make things better I was digging my strange - Enjoying the flashes of lust through self or one-nighters I was taken you for granted - literal You were holding the reins

The rest of the song is more about how most relationships end up. Wanting that feeling that used to be there but now trapped in hell. However, hanging on with futile hope.

or

All my windows were barred - My eyes were failing from the 'stamp' The sun made stripes of shades - The stamp I licked was the zebra print I was sitting round like a zombie - Metaphor for the munchies Feedin' my own face

I was carrying my cheek - Pulling it apart to assist flatulence. I was digging my strange - Elated with fantasy chick in my head I was taken you for granted - Thinking you can handle your H's You were holding the reins - But the stamp was in control

I was carrying my cheek sounds more like "I was counting my sheep", this may not be correct, but I know carrying my cheek isn't the line.

"i was countin' my sheep" may not be right, but it at least sounds more correct than "i was carrying my cheek". it sounds kinda like "i was countin' my cheap", but it's probably not right. the second line also doesn't sound right. it sounds kinda like "the sun made stripes of shade". i know for sure, though, that the words in one part are:

"It's a slippery slope Like that mouse trap game Inside my tunnel vision You stepped on my train"

I thought it was "counting my chi"....chi, like life force in eastern religions? Cause...carrying my cheek? Really?

and it's "taking you for granted" not "taken"

K, so, wether the lyrics are correct or not, I just wanted to give my point of view on this one;

Well, the guy's kind of crazy, we've seen this fictional downhill character since their first record. So, when his talking about barred windows, he might mean a mental institution. Then he talks about "Taking you for granted, you were holding the (Probably "rails" instead of "Rains"). Now, what I'm going for here, is; I think he's talking to the voices in his head.

If we agree on the fact that he's inside of a mental institution, when he goes to the chorus saying "I can here you louder than ever" and "I can't see you but we're stil together"; He's telling us the medication, electroshocks or whathaveyou, took away the visions of imaginary people, just not the voices, which he still hears. Louder than ever.