Man, I just had a revelation!
It's all about suicide, and I think the sulphur man is a mention of the devil (fire and brimstone = sulphur etc)
Fate
brought you
brought you next to ghosts (well, you attempted suicide because you were fatefully depressed)
they
talk in code
looking for the way out (they are all other people who are only half living, and they are struggling but no one understands them)
I hope you'll want to live a day
and learn to cope
I hope you will find what matters (yet again, an obvious message of support)
Through the streets and on your own
Almost lost and almost gone
We'll be looking all we can
We'll be searching for the sulphur man (you're nearly dead, and we're searching for the devil because we know we'll find you there)
Pills stop you
Stopped you feeling life
Fall
Into a home
Sympathy and all
A soul in tatters
A soul as black as coal
I hope, I hope
I wish you could find what matters (a really obvious pointer - pills = attempted suicide, a soul in tatters = depression)
So that's all I can think of that fits, really. Please, someone else comment!
Man, I just had a revelation! It's all about suicide, and I think the sulphur man is a mention of the devil (fire and brimstone = sulphur etc) Fate brought you brought you next to ghosts (well, you attempted suicide because you were fatefully depressed) they talk in code looking for the way out (they are all other people who are only half living, and they are struggling but no one understands them)
I hope you'll want to live a day and learn to cope I hope you will find what matters (yet again, an obvious message of support)
Through the streets and on your own Almost lost and almost gone We'll be looking all we can We'll be searching for the sulphur man (you're nearly dead, and we're searching for the devil because we know we'll find you there)
Pills stop you Stopped you feeling life Fall Into a home Sympathy and all A soul in tatters A soul as black as coal I hope, I hope I wish you could find what matters (a really obvious pointer - pills = attempted suicide, a soul in tatters = depression) So that's all I can think of that fits, really. Please, someone else comment!