it sounds to me this song is about someone he loves "you know i love you, and i can't stand it" is making them slide off track for what they are truley striving for, and then he loses both, the one he loves and his goals.. which leaves him with nothing and he needs "anything to keep me breathing" which leads to the part that says "lie to me, tell me something worth living for" and he just wants something to yearn for again, whether its a lie or not, he wishes to have something fairly important in life.
it sounds to me this song is about someone he loves "you know i love you, and i can't stand it" is making them slide off track for what they are truley striving for, and then he loses both, the one he loves and his goals.. which leaves him with nothing and he needs "anything to keep me breathing" which leads to the part that says "lie to me, tell me something worth living for" and he just wants something to yearn for again, whether its a lie or not, he wishes to have something fairly important in life.