i agree with jedigirl... this song is about drug addiction and what it can do to a relationship... and actually i feel every word to this song cuz i know how it feels being in a relationship with someone who is an addict...
in the first verse he is telling the girl to get help... help is the train leaving town... in the line "conscience is a faint, unpleasant sound. you've worried enough, here's your chance so take it" i feel he is telling her to listen to the voice saying what she is doing is wrong even though she really doesn't like what its saying... and if she doesn't listen and get help its going to be like a ticking time bomb just waiting to go off because you never know when the drugs will be too much to handle (a heart attack is sleeping in your chest) so you need to get help while you still can (so make a move while you're still breathing)
i think he is basically saying in the chorus your cover is blown and you aren't as innocent as you look... and as much as i want to be with you, i can't because of your issues
in the second verse he is saying did i mean anything to you or was it a lie? was i just someone to catch you when you fell? (when you were mine, was i for you, just one cheap thrill just to help you make it? dammit i hope you didn't fake it)... he's also telling her that her lies are starting to wear her down (hypocrisy has really aged you well) and she needs to come clean to everyone before she drives everyone away and while people still care about her (the white on your nose is your secret to tell so you should speak while they're still listening)
in the bridge, its come to the point where her life has fallen apart because she didn't come clean with everyone and she didn't get help and pretty much everyone has washed their hands clean of her, including him (you can scream outloud but your panic falls on deaf ears)... he's telling her that she can't blame anyone else because she did this to herself (this is where you've brought yourself and this is what you've always feared)... i think that the world is the "faceless crowd" that he is referring to and the world has no sympathy for her and neither does he anymore
ong explaination i know... BUT i think it's what the song is about... ;-)
i agree with jedigirl... this song is about drug addiction and what it can do to a relationship... and actually i feel every word to this song cuz i know how it feels being in a relationship with someone who is an addict...
in the first verse he is telling the girl to get help... help is the train leaving town... in the line "conscience is a faint, unpleasant sound. you've worried enough, here's your chance so take it" i feel he is telling her to listen to the voice saying what she is doing is wrong even though she really doesn't like what its saying... and if she doesn't listen and get help its going to be like a ticking time bomb just waiting to go off because you never know when the drugs will be too much to handle (a heart attack is sleeping in your chest) so you need to get help while you still can (so make a move while you're still breathing)
i think he is basically saying in the chorus your cover is blown and you aren't as innocent as you look... and as much as i want to be with you, i can't because of your issues
in the second verse he is saying did i mean anything to you or was it a lie? was i just someone to catch you when you fell? (when you were mine, was i for you, just one cheap thrill just to help you make it? dammit i hope you didn't fake it)... he's also telling her that her lies are starting to wear her down (hypocrisy has really aged you well) and she needs to come clean to everyone before she drives everyone away and while people still care about her (the white on your nose is your secret to tell so you should speak while they're still listening)
in the bridge, its come to the point where her life has fallen apart because she didn't come clean with everyone and she didn't get help and pretty much everyone has washed their hands clean of her, including him (you can scream outloud but your panic falls on deaf ears)... he's telling her that she can't blame anyone else because she did this to herself (this is where you've brought yourself and this is what you've always feared)... i think that the world is the "faceless crowd" that he is referring to and the world has no sympathy for her and neither does he anymore
ong explaination i know... BUT i think it's what the song is about... ;-)