The bruise line and a few others suggest that it could be about abuse but I think there's more too it than that. "There's commoners and kings, And everyone's a prisoner of paper and glue, And a decent pair of scissors. So tonight I drink to your health, because I just can't stand myself." These lines seem especially cryptic to me. The last bit seems to imply that the girl is not a prisoner, which is why he's drinking to her. Or perhaps she hasn't given up trying to escape, and he has, and he feels bad about it watching her.
What she's trying to escape, however, is quite beyond me.
The bruise line and a few others suggest that it could be about abuse but I think there's more too it than that. "There's commoners and kings, And everyone's a prisoner of paper and glue, And a decent pair of scissors. So tonight I drink to your health, because I just can't stand myself." These lines seem especially cryptic to me. The last bit seems to imply that the girl is not a prisoner, which is why he's drinking to her. Or perhaps she hasn't given up trying to escape, and he has, and he feels bad about it watching her. What she's trying to escape, however, is quite beyond me.