all these are really good and reasonable.
but
i think its about James being the black sheep of his family. if u look at other songs , like Mama said, u get that he left his devoutely religious family for his rock lifestyle. he scorned them with songs like The God That Failed and Leper Messiah and made them ashamed of him.
now as u know he went to his mothers funeral and the procedings and such, where his faimly was, as u know if u've ever been to a funeral.
He is the thorn within because he is the pain and shame of his family and he's in the failmy.
all these are really good and reasonable. but i think its about James being the black sheep of his family. if u look at other songs , like Mama said, u get that he left his devoutely religious family for his rock lifestyle. he scorned them with songs like The God That Failed and Leper Messiah and made them ashamed of him. now as u know he went to his mothers funeral and the procedings and such, where his faimly was, as u know if u've ever been to a funeral. He is the thorn within because he is the pain and shame of his family and he's in the failmy.
thats my take on it, hope it helps.