No Self Control

It reminds me of the problems I deal with- diagnosed as someone with binge eating disorder AND anorexia.

There are lines that could be related directly to eating disorders or compulsive behaviors;

"got to get some food, I'm so hungry all the time...I don't know how to stop."

"I know I'm gone too far Much too far I gone this time And I don't want to think what I've done"

This person KNOWS that they have a problem, even while they are doing the things they loathe. They fight internally with theirself, and they don't like to think about the damage afterwards when they get back to thinking like themselves again.

"You know I hate to hurt you I hate to see your pain" So they begin to take their inward stressors out on the person they love in their life.

But as a more vague concept, it's just about being a typical human with a lacking ability to decide when enough is enough over things which require moderation and careful consideration. In that sense, JJacobs has it right.

To me, it seems Gabriel is once again expressing a very complex human experience through music. (He does it like no one else.) In this case, he is explaining the experience of losing control of one's emotions - slipping from higher brain function to lower brain function. Attempts with food, sleep, violence, and walking all fall short of healing the condition.

What a great song. Obsession. That's what this is about. That driven, OCD madness. Brrr.

To me, it sounds like some sort of obsessive compulsive disorder that developed to keep one's mind off of more distressing things. Things like walking, talking, sleeping (or rather staying awake), and eating have become like a ritual, routine, and are taken up to eleven by doing them excessively. The constant repetition of doing these things is executed because it reduces the "silences waiting behind the chair" that "eat anything that moves"- aka, it makes the person doing these actions feel less lonley and like there's more of a purpose. But at the same time, behaving this way is hurting the ones the narrator loves ("I hate to see your pain, but I don't know how to stop"). It's become a major problem.

To me, this song is about someone who just got turned into a vampire and can't control their hunger for blood. I think everything about the song fits this theory perfectly, and it goes along well with the creepy, dark vibe of the album.