Lyric discussion by Dirt689 

Cover art for Hate To Feel lyrics by Alice in Chains

"Plastic Man, Paper Face."

I always thought this showed how messed up he was with drugs that he was not a real person, basically.

"Candy heart, what a waste"

I think that line shows that he knew he was a good guy but the drugs overtook him, what a waste.

Those are favorite lines.

I believe he was a good guy at heart. As far as "what a waste" goes, that seems to be what I hear a lot from other people. I think that Layne cared too much what other people thought about him, when really he had just been curious at first "Used to be curious..."

That's the tragedy of his life!