All the different interpretations of this song are so interesting. I guess it's all in your own experiences. To me this song has always had one clear meaning that struck me from the first listet.
It seems to me that this is about societal martyrdom. He has deeply cares for someone, who doesn't feel quite the same. Bu he feels that the more he suffers for them, (in my interpretation, it is a girl) the better a person he is, and the more she will care for him.
"take my hand...I'll..walk away"
He thinks that he needs to suffer, and begs for her to use him for help, and when its all over, he will leave so as not to burden her. But he ends up unable to deal with the emotional pain he inflicts upon himself, he spirals deep into a depression that he cannot get himself out of, and turns into an emotional monster.
The one who he cares for sympathizes him and shows kindness in return by wanting to help. He can't handle this rare show of affection and pleads with her to leave him so that he doesn't drag her down with him.
The shell he talks about in the beginning is the facade that he wears in public so people don't see how he really feels, but inside, he is emotionally distraught.
When he is singing about divorce, he is giving up. He wants to shrink into absolute nothingness, devoid of possesions and responsibilities.
By the end, where the song slows down, he is realizing that he can't just quit her, and no matter how distraught he is, he will always be their to protect her, even though he has so much negativity, and so many self destructive tendencies.
The whole song is very passive aggressive, and also very co-dependent. My theories on this go much further in depth, but I'm not trying to write an essay here.
All the different interpretations of this song are so interesting. I guess it's all in your own experiences. To me this song has always had one clear meaning that struck me from the first listet.
It seems to me that this is about societal martyrdom. He has deeply cares for someone, who doesn't feel quite the same. Bu he feels that the more he suffers for them, (in my interpretation, it is a girl) the better a person he is, and the more she will care for him. "take my hand...I'll..walk away" He thinks that he needs to suffer, and begs for her to use him for help, and when its all over, he will leave so as not to burden her. But he ends up unable to deal with the emotional pain he inflicts upon himself, he spirals deep into a depression that he cannot get himself out of, and turns into an emotional monster. The one who he cares for sympathizes him and shows kindness in return by wanting to help. He can't handle this rare show of affection and pleads with her to leave him so that he doesn't drag her down with him.
The shell he talks about in the beginning is the facade that he wears in public so people don't see how he really feels, but inside, he is emotionally distraught. When he is singing about divorce, he is giving up. He wants to shrink into absolute nothingness, devoid of possesions and responsibilities. By the end, where the song slows down, he is realizing that he can't just quit her, and no matter how distraught he is, he will always be their to protect her, even though he has so much negativity, and so many self destructive tendencies.
The whole song is very passive aggressive, and also very co-dependent. My theories on this go much further in depth, but I'm not trying to write an essay here.