Taking part of what RamblinRoger said into perspective, I think maybe it could be about a man looking back on a past relationship that he still hasn't gotten over. And it's really changed him, physically and emotionally. Maybe they broke up because of his busy lifestyle touring. He's trying to convince himself that this is just temporary, what he's currently feeling, but then he's saying he never wants to go through it again. I think the line my belongings scattered all across the hotel floor can be taken metaphorically too, meaning he's all over the place and isn't doing well keeping himself together. I'm not really too sure why the snack machine bit is relevant, maybe it's just saying that he thinks about the person all the time. He should be deciding what type of candy bar he wants and intead he is just thinking about her. Later he eats the candy bar and even though he's watching the greatest movie of the year it isn't exciting him because he feels too depressed. Then he says it's normal to be lonely and all he wants to know is what she's doing. Then the world spin around me to an old sad song line I think means that he's just watching the world go by and to him everything seems sad because that's the way he's feeling, it seems like there is a sad song behind everything because he's only thinking about the bad stuff because he's so down and upset. The coming down outside part could be literal, meaning it's raining, or metaphorical meaning again he's thinking about the bad things going on in the world and say
ing that everything is coming down, and this puts him into a sorry state and makes him sad. Looking back now I think it's finally time for me to laugh about it, I think that line means it's been so long since the relationship ended and he thinks he finally needs to get over it and put himself back together. Then the last verse, he feels awful. I think maybe he was the one who ended the relationship because it was so hard to have a relationship when he was so busy touring and going to so many places, so he regrets doing that and feels awful. He believes he is wasting his life being so miserable and the last line I think is the hardest to decipher, at least for me. Maybe it means if they stayed together he would never want to leave her and wouldn't be so successful? Not too sure on that. And obviously I could be wrong about my whole interperetation, I might be looking too far into it. But this is what I think it means, and I rather prefer having my own interperetation sometimes, that's what is so wonderful about lyrics, you can make them mean almost anything you want.
Taking part of what RamblinRoger said into perspective, I think maybe it could be about a man looking back on a past relationship that he still hasn't gotten over. And it's really changed him, physically and emotionally. Maybe they broke up because of his busy lifestyle touring. He's trying to convince himself that this is just temporary, what he's currently feeling, but then he's saying he never wants to go through it again. I think the line my belongings scattered all across the hotel floor can be taken metaphorically too, meaning he's all over the place and isn't doing well keeping himself together. I'm not really too sure why the snack machine bit is relevant, maybe it's just saying that he thinks about the person all the time. He should be deciding what type of candy bar he wants and intead he is just thinking about her. Later he eats the candy bar and even though he's watching the greatest movie of the year it isn't exciting him because he feels too depressed. Then he says it's normal to be lonely and all he wants to know is what she's doing. Then the world spin around me to an old sad song line I think means that he's just watching the world go by and to him everything seems sad because that's the way he's feeling, it seems like there is a sad song behind everything because he's only thinking about the bad stuff because he's so down and upset. The coming down outside part could be literal, meaning it's raining, or metaphorical meaning again he's thinking about the bad things going on in the world and say ing that everything is coming down, and this puts him into a sorry state and makes him sad. Looking back now I think it's finally time for me to laugh about it, I think that line means it's been so long since the relationship ended and he thinks he finally needs to get over it and put himself back together. Then the last verse, he feels awful. I think maybe he was the one who ended the relationship because it was so hard to have a relationship when he was so busy touring and going to so many places, so he regrets doing that and feels awful. He believes he is wasting his life being so miserable and the last line I think is the hardest to decipher, at least for me. Maybe it means if they stayed together he would never want to leave her and wouldn't be so successful? Not too sure on that. And obviously I could be wrong about my whole interperetation, I might be looking too far into it. But this is what I think it means, and I rather prefer having my own interperetation sometimes, that's what is so wonderful about lyrics, you can make them mean almost anything you want.