"Underneath the skin and jewellery,
Hidden in their words and eyes
Is a wall that's cold and ugly
It's a skeleton."
This is what I thought the lyrics were. If you looked at it like this it can be a song about people that are so obsessed with their image that inside they're empty.
So speaking from their viewpoint:
"Wide awake and
Keeping distance from my soul."
And because of this he is scared like them--they are scared because they are empty inside.
"Underneath the skin and jewellery, Hidden in their words and eyes Is a wall that's cold and ugly It's a skeleton." This is what I thought the lyrics were. If you looked at it like this it can be a song about people that are so obsessed with their image that inside they're empty. So speaking from their viewpoint: "Wide awake and Keeping distance from my soul." And because of this he is scared like them--they are scared because they are empty inside.
Just my interpretation