For My Demons Lyrics

Lyric discussion by Pasado 

Cover art for For My Demons lyrics by Katatonia

I have a differen't interpretation of the first verse. I read it like this:

When did I say this: "I will never leave" I can't recall this moment in my life

He(Jonas) is leaving, while someone is wanting him to stay. This person quotes him as saying he would never leave, but he argues that he never said "I will never leave".

In the next verse Jonas is essentially giving us(or the person) the reason for his departure, and it has to do with his troubled past. Maybe he feels he will only bring trouble if he stays.

The last verse is difficult to comprehend.

"Murderers come my way, someday you will join them"

Perhaps whatever Jonas did in the past caused a bounty to be placed on his head, and even the person who wants him to stay would kill him, if they knew what it was he did.