I've heard this song many times and I've come to think it's about someone hearing voices in their head. "I did just what they told me ".
The voices told them to kill themselves. "1.acceptance of the shiny brand-new kitchen knives. 2. I pray that I'll be saved before too long. 3. Measuring our early grave 4. And I have decided not to live that way"
"I still behave in public
And I don't confuse the night with day
And I'm better off please don't say"
I think that part is the person explaining to the voices that he's not that crazy, and their reply being
"We know you'll never live without
You have no way to keep it out"
I've heard this song many times and I've come to think it's about someone hearing voices in their head. "I did just what they told me ". The voices told them to kill themselves. "1.acceptance of the shiny brand-new kitchen knives. 2. I pray that I'll be saved before too long. 3. Measuring our early grave 4. And I have decided not to live that way"
"I still behave in public And I don't confuse the night with day And I'm better off please don't say"
I think that part is the person explaining to the voices that he's not that crazy, and their reply being
"We know you'll never live without You have no way to keep it out"
But that is jsut a theory.