Lyric discussion by RivalSchools 

Cover art for Neverender lyrics by Coheed and Cambria

i think its many situations rolled into one thing. Like the line "forget your son when he's out on his own" sort of means being away from home but than "pretending you meant the world to me" might be speaking a girl that dumped him and he lays around bummed because he misses her but it never meant that much