This describes Bipolar Disorder, for me anyways. It's pretty much either "Leave me the fuck alone!" or "Hey, I feel like partying/driving around with friends/having fun and being social." Then people expect you to be the same way all the time. It gets confusing for them and they always tried to keep their distance from me.
Bipolar can really wear you down, the ups and downs all the time, the never knowing who you're going to be from one moment to the next, the stigma and misunderstandings.
I get to the point sometimes where I hate being 'up' because I know eventually I'll come crashing down flat on my face into a severe depression.
Here's a verse I thought was interesting:
Cracks in the chrysalis spread out like tiny snakes
That hiss a litany of rumors and mistakes
But I'm afraid their cause is fraught with futility
There is nothing more that they can take from me
During a manic/hypomanic phase, people tend to be more impulsive, hence the mistakes part. The rumors could mean that people talk about him because they don't understand. He's pretty much saying that his disorder has taken everything out of him, so he doesn't really feel much because of the rumors.
This describes Bipolar Disorder, for me anyways. It's pretty much either "Leave me the fuck alone!" or "Hey, I feel like partying/driving around with friends/having fun and being social." Then people expect you to be the same way all the time. It gets confusing for them and they always tried to keep their distance from me. Bipolar can really wear you down, the ups and downs all the time, the never knowing who you're going to be from one moment to the next, the stigma and misunderstandings.
I get to the point sometimes where I hate being 'up' because I know eventually I'll come crashing down flat on my face into a severe depression.
Here's a verse I thought was interesting: Cracks in the chrysalis spread out like tiny snakes That hiss a litany of rumors and mistakes But I'm afraid their cause is fraught with futility There is nothing more that they can take from me During a manic/hypomanic phase, people tend to be more impulsive, hence the mistakes part. The rumors could mean that people talk about him because they don't understand. He's pretty much saying that his disorder has taken everything out of him, so he doesn't really feel much because of the rumors.