| Pierce the Veil – Tangled In The Great Escape Lyrics | 12 years ago |
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I interpreted it to relate to drug abuse. I think Jason Butler's "persona" is moreso the one doing the drugs, while Vic's is more watching from the outside. "Will somebody believe this is suicide?" This refers to the fact that a lot of hard drugs are going to kill you if you use them long enough / too much. While it's not suicide in the way hanging yourself or something similar is, they're still killing themselves. "They all accept the lie" refers to the addict tricking the people around them into believing that they're fine / don't have a problem, while one person notices it and tries to help. I think this can also relate to "Am I the only one that thinks that you should stay alive?" because these other people know, they just don't see it as a problem. Being "tortured within" is the reason they turned to drugs. "Your eyes look hungry again" is them wanting whatever it is they're addicted to while the following line ("but I'll never wander my friend") is the person who's trying to help saying that they're not going to let them / isn't going to leave so they can make sure they don't give in. If we look at Vic as being the one helping, "I let you down and I started to run. Never meant to be your pain, what have I become?" can refer to him letting them down in the way where they somehow got a hold of the drugs while he was trying to help them. "Never meant to be your pain" could refer to him watching as his friend goes through withdrawal or him letting him get the drugs. If you look at the former, "I let you down" could also mean that he was the one who gave them to him because he couldn't stand seeing him like that. If you don't look at Vic as the one helping, it could also be the person who's trying to recover giving in. "It's not what I want, but now it's what I need" is self-explanatory for the post part. He doesn't want to continue doing drugs, but he's addicted and "needs" them. "Can I have one more taste? Just to make it through the day." He's bargaining with whoever is trying to help him recover. "I never meant to hurt nobody / I never meant to hurt you." and "I only meant to do this to myself." is him realizing the effect his addiction had on the people around him. The "great escape" is how the drugs make him feel. |
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