"I'm six feet from the edge and I'm thinking, maybe six feet ain't so far down"
I always saw this song as a guy contemplating suicide and he's thinking maybe it's not such a bad choice to be dead rather than deal with what's going on in his life. When he says "hold me now" he's asking for someone to comfort him, to tell him that it's not that bad, to spare his life.
"I'm six feet from the edge and I'm thinking, maybe six feet ain't so far down"
I always saw this song as a guy contemplating suicide and he's thinking maybe it's not such a bad choice to be dead rather than deal with what's going on in his life. When he says "hold me now" he's asking for someone to comfort him, to tell him that it's not that bad, to spare his life.