To me, the song is about feeling alone and overwhelmed by old childhood dreams and fears (or possibly traumatic memories) that are haunting you as an adult.
She feels hidden and alone:
"So many ways spent hiding..."
"...no one understands"
These fears & memories always come to her while sleeping:
"All those memories, pain and anger, flood back one by one
They must be just around the bend, they always come
At night as I lay sleeping they come to me in herds"
She confirms that this song is not about an external threat... but that the only threat is herself... the fear that she will never overcome those old fears.
To me, the song is about feeling alone and overwhelmed by old childhood dreams and fears (or possibly traumatic memories) that are haunting you as an adult.
She feels hidden and alone:
"So many ways spent hiding..." "...no one understands"
These fears & memories always come to her while sleeping:
"All those memories, pain and anger, flood back one by one They must be just around the bend, they always come At night as I lay sleeping they come to me in herds"
She confirms that this song is not about an external threat... but that the only threat is herself... the fear that she will never overcome those old fears.
"There's no one out there, no one but me"