After hearing the album version, and in the context of the album possibly being about love and relationships, I think this song introduces the reason the narrator is in the state that he's in (very clear in Bodysnatchers). I think it can be interpreted as being about a married man whose wife no longer pays attention to him. At times he gets the feeling that things in the relationship could get better, but then they deteriorate. I think the line 'it comes to us all/it's as soft as your pillow' could be about how this downfall in the relationship happens little by little and at first we don't notice it... it starts with the other person ignoring him at times, and then it becomes a pattern.
But I'm sure there are other possible interpretations and that's just one.
After hearing the album version, and in the context of the album possibly being about love and relationships, I think this song introduces the reason the narrator is in the state that he's in (very clear in Bodysnatchers). I think it can be interpreted as being about a married man whose wife no longer pays attention to him. At times he gets the feeling that things in the relationship could get better, but then they deteriorate. I think the line 'it comes to us all/it's as soft as your pillow' could be about how this downfall in the relationship happens little by little and at first we don't notice it... it starts with the other person ignoring him at times, and then it becomes a pattern.
But I'm sure there are other possible interpretations and that's just one.