I think that this song is about a man trying to escape 'the system' or the constant grind of everyday life and commiting suicide, and the number 10538 symbolizing the fact that the man was little more than a number to everyone else.
"Does his life mean more than it did before"
After the man commited suicide the news came on and identified the man, as if suddenly he is more important, even though noone stopped him when he commited suicide, and noone made his life easier for him.
I think that this song is about a man trying to escape 'the system' or the constant grind of everyday life and commiting suicide, and the number 10538 symbolizing the fact that the man was little more than a number to everyone else. "Does his life mean more than it did before" After the man commited suicide the news came on and identified the man, as if suddenly he is more important, even though noone stopped him when he commited suicide, and noone made his life easier for him.