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mister care-too-much

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2013-08-11 23:35:08

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by mister care-too-much

12y ago

It seems to me that this song is about alcoholism, specifically his denial about the increasing hold it has on his life. Alcohol is a way for the character in the song to escape from the confusion and ugliness of the world to a place where everything is "quiet" and where anything that is said holds a "truth" to it. To minimize how much he relies on alcohol, he calls it "just a habit" and attributes his slurring to only being "confused." But the entire time, the problem is escalating until it's poised to take over his whole life.

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