It's not about a homeless guy, and it's not about drugs. It's about how, for some people, life isn't all just beer and skittles. For some people, especially those who suffer from any form of depression, life particularly sucks. Alot of depression sufferers(like myself) actually talk to themselves, because they're too antisocial or whatever, and it's much easier to talk to someone you know. "He sits and waits for something better" means he's waiting for life to change for him w/o him having to work for it, probably due to being too messed up emotionally to actually do it w/o being afraid in some capacity. "the people touch his hair and pinch his cheek/he can't even feel it" pretty much stands for compliments, whether sincere or backhanded that people give him, but he's too down to care or realize it. "He hears the bitter laughter" is him being paranoid thinking everyone's making fun of him when he hears them laugh. And all he want's to know is why does any of it matter? meaning he's wondering why should life be like this? Why does this shit happen to him? You gotta try-the inhale that makes the exhale so much better is basically saying just take a deep breath, and whatever you try to do, no matter how afraid or whatever you are about doing it, that it'll be ok-that the inhale is you breathing life back into your body, and the exhale is you expelling the bad inside. He shakes at night because his nerve is gone is talking about timidity. NOW I KNOW I DISSAPPEAR/I CAN'T FIND MY WAY FROM OUT OF HERE/EVERYTHING IS FADING ON ME/SOMEONE TELL ME...is him saying that he feels like he's fading away in life, like nobody even notices him anymore, that he's an outcast that nobody cares about, and that he's lost and can't figure out what to do, and he's losing the will to live anymore, but he's begging for someone to tell him why his life matters, and to tell him to breathe...for someone to care enough to help him save himself......
It's not about a homeless guy, and it's not about drugs. It's about how, for some people, life isn't all just beer and skittles. For some people, especially those who suffer from any form of depression, life particularly sucks. Alot of depression sufferers(like myself) actually talk to themselves, because they're too antisocial or whatever, and it's much easier to talk to someone you know. "He sits and waits for something better" means he's waiting for life to change for him w/o him having to work for it, probably due to being too messed up emotionally to actually do it w/o being afraid in some capacity. "the people touch his hair and pinch his cheek/he can't even feel it" pretty much stands for compliments, whether sincere or backhanded that people give him, but he's too down to care or realize it. "He hears the bitter laughter" is him being paranoid thinking everyone's making fun of him when he hears them laugh. And all he want's to know is why does any of it matter? meaning he's wondering why should life be like this? Why does this shit happen to him? You gotta try-the inhale that makes the exhale so much better is basically saying just take a deep breath, and whatever you try to do, no matter how afraid or whatever you are about doing it, that it'll be ok-that the inhale is you breathing life back into your body, and the exhale is you expelling the bad inside. He shakes at night because his nerve is gone is talking about timidity. NOW I KNOW I DISSAPPEAR/I CAN'T FIND MY WAY FROM OUT OF HERE/EVERYTHING IS FADING ON ME/SOMEONE TELL ME...is him saying that he feels like he's fading away in life, like nobody even notices him anymore, that he's an outcast that nobody cares about, and that he's lost and can't figure out what to do, and he's losing the will to live anymore, but he's begging for someone to tell him why his life matters, and to tell him to breathe...for someone to care enough to help him save himself......