Lyric discussion by catatonicsextoy 

Cover art for Company lyrics by Third Eye Blind

It's about the stereotypes attached to drug users and friends of drug users. He seems depressed and he's definitely self-injuring: "Little cuts on your wrist to try and get back the feeling". (SM and SI are way different, just so you know). He's sick and he's self medicating to escape it: "cause anything's better than this". People assume drug users are just losers, but in reality most of them are really sick. The "bad company" is scared to reconnect with old friends for fear of being rejected, because of the way everyone might view the friend.