A lot of great insight, but I tend to look on the side of optimism and Wilson's ambiguous suggestions. 'Way out of Here' sounds a lot like the "protagonist" going through the final stages of frustrations; his decision is imminent as he can toil in this state no longer and everything is bearing down on him as if a train. Now or never.
Why that matters is if you look at this song with that in mind than it looks like this is the decision made. "Do or drown, do or drown in torpor" is, to me, "it's now or never; take your chance or live with this hell". Torpor seems far too similar to suicide to be considered the alternative to "doing" suicide. The ambiguity of some spots of the album would suggest that suicide is a looming escape as well, though.
"Leave no trace" and it's respective stanza is him saying good-bye to the lifestyle he felt so trapped in before. It's time for a fresh start, no torpor carried on to risk bogging him down--don't take that chance.
The chorus does sound very much suicidal, but with the potential of a fresh future the other stanzas give I'm going to debate that. "Let's sleep together" could be a gate to his new life--that is, closing the gate to his old. He's putting rest to his old life along with tormented "love" that's hinted at earlier in the album; putting to rest all those worries, the hatred and depression associated with it, and switching "off the future": once again putting rest to old worries. His future in refreshed.
"This fate, this is your escape. Leave here now, leave here, now it's over" would--by this time, I hope--seem straight-forward enough: it's time to carry through with things and close that gate.
This entire album did a good job of making me feel guilty as hell and at the same time has given me great inspiration--something Wilson is great at doing time and time again. My interpretation may just be me trying to tell myself to do just this, but hopefully it appeals to other optimists out there.
A lot of great insight, but I tend to look on the side of optimism and Wilson's ambiguous suggestions. 'Way out of Here' sounds a lot like the "protagonist" going through the final stages of frustrations; his decision is imminent as he can toil in this state no longer and everything is bearing down on him as if a train. Now or never.
Why that matters is if you look at this song with that in mind than it looks like this is the decision made. "Do or drown, do or drown in torpor" is, to me, "it's now or never; take your chance or live with this hell". Torpor seems far too similar to suicide to be considered the alternative to "doing" suicide. The ambiguity of some spots of the album would suggest that suicide is a looming escape as well, though.
"Leave no trace" and it's respective stanza is him saying good-bye to the lifestyle he felt so trapped in before. It's time for a fresh start, no torpor carried on to risk bogging him down--don't take that chance.
The chorus does sound very much suicidal, but with the potential of a fresh future the other stanzas give I'm going to debate that. "Let's sleep together" could be a gate to his new life--that is, closing the gate to his old. He's putting rest to his old life along with tormented "love" that's hinted at earlier in the album; putting to rest all those worries, the hatred and depression associated with it, and switching "off the future": once again putting rest to old worries. His future in refreshed.
"This fate, this is your escape. Leave here now, leave here, now it's over" would--by this time, I hope--seem straight-forward enough: it's time to carry through with things and close that gate.
This entire album did a good job of making me feel guilty as hell and at the same time has given me great inspiration--something Wilson is great at doing time and time again. My interpretation may just be me trying to tell myself to do just this, but hopefully it appeals to other optimists out there.