Lyric discussion by imhoterror 

Cover art for Keasbey Nights lyrics by Streetlight Manifesto

Not to worry joker, ill explain

Im going to quote what I said myself in the comments for point counterpoint but the meanings are identical.

"This song is awesome. Its about a dude who gets in trouble with some gang, he knows there out to get him, so he puts on a kevlar vest hoping for life that they'll shoot him in the chest and not the head when they do come, as he's waiting (no point in running away) he starts to think how much of a loser he was and low and behold, the gang didn't show up, and spared his life. The guy realizes hes gotton another chance at life, so he lives the most of it thanks to his near death experience.

At the end he's saying that the only way anyone would understand his lesson is to acually go through it themself."

the only difference between this and point counterpoint is point counterpoint gives a conclusion to the story where as keasbey nights ends on a cliffhanger.

Read the lyrics to keasbey nights and point counterpoint (especially the chorus) and it'll come right to you.