He certainly did earn that reputation.
Used to be my Panic Room
The other side of me
Where I slept and woke by turns
And nothing seemed real
I was feeding on your life
Peering through the hole
And it scared me out
Someday
You would knock on my door
Sweet shelter of mine
I?m freezing without
Sweet shelter of mine
I?m dying without
Cover up my twisted thoughts
Shattered all around
Muffled sounds
Recurring dreams
Melatonin smile
Used to be my 302
The other side of light
Trap of my own
That helped me deal
With what I lost inside
Sweet shelter of mine
I?m freezing without
Sweet shelter of mine
I?m dying without
Sweet shelter of mine
***
I?ve tried to make self-portraits before
But they always turn out so contrived
I?ve spent too much time
Correcting light and shade
Hiding wrinkles
Blurring scars
I?ve tried to make self-portraits before
Through my eyes
Just see myself
Now I know
I?m not in denial
That I need someone else
To see me
The other side of me
Where I slept and woke by turns
And nothing seemed real
I was feeding on your life
Peering through the hole
And it scared me out
Someday
You would knock on my door
Sweet shelter of mine
I?m freezing without
Sweet shelter of mine
I?m dying without
Cover up my twisted thoughts
Shattered all around
Muffled sounds
Recurring dreams
Melatonin smile
Used to be my 302
The other side of light
Trap of my own
That helped me deal
With what I lost inside
Sweet shelter of mine
I?m freezing without
Sweet shelter of mine
I?m dying without
Sweet shelter of mine
***
I?ve tried to make self-portraits before
But they always turn out so contrived
I?ve spent too much time
Correcting light and shade
Hiding wrinkles
Blurring scars
I?ve tried to make self-portraits before
Through my eyes
Just see myself
Now I know
I?m not in denial
That I need someone else
To see me
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If you look at the lyrics to this song, everything points to Silent Hill The Room, 302 is the apartment that it's set in,(used to be my 302), and holes appear in the walls (peering through the hole) that the character travels through into Silent Hill, the character finds that he is locked within his apartment and looks through the spyhole and watches his neighbours knocking on his door, i think the character has weird dreams too (reccuring dreams) and of course there's the darkness that is Silent Hill that manifests itself within the apartment.
If you have seen the video aswell, there are visual elements that reference The Room, eg: a revolving door, decaying building, a bathtub (more SH3). To summarize, although I am guessing, I think the evidence is clear.
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