I think this song is about the music industry and how it changes artists. I'll try to pull out a few backing lines:
"I'm a fish out of water" suggests that he won't allow the process getting signed and produced change him - like it changed everyone else.
"Kill me and choke on the bones" makes sense because he's gained so much popularity already. If his label didn't like what he was doing they'd end up screwing themselves if they tried to get rid of him.
The next few parts "nothing matters, throw me an anchor, gotta drown this disease" show his hoplessness because of how everyone else allows themselves to be moldecd into what their labels want just to get the fame. "Gotta get back to the reason... etc" suggests that he'd like to see labels take a step out of the equation.
"buy my soul so you can sell me" this is the line that made me think of this interpretation... The label buys him with a contract so they can shape and sell him.
"All these fallen angels" - refers to all of the other artists in the industry that sold themselves that stopped making music the way they wanted and enjoyed most in exchange for the fame. All those fallen angels hanging up there for us to see.
I could spend a bit more time trying to tie every line of this song into this meaning - but I'm not going to because this isn't what I hear when I'm listening to the song. I hear anguish over following a lead that you don't agree with - anger over having listened to a teacher who's teaching you just to help themselves. I hear reason to follow myself and drop those assumptions that the attraction of fame and popularity build into you.
I think this song is about the music industry and how it changes artists. I'll try to pull out a few backing lines:
"I'm a fish out of water" suggests that he won't allow the process getting signed and produced change him - like it changed everyone else.
"Kill me and choke on the bones" makes sense because he's gained so much popularity already. If his label didn't like what he was doing they'd end up screwing themselves if they tried to get rid of him.
The next few parts "nothing matters, throw me an anchor, gotta drown this disease" show his hoplessness because of how everyone else allows themselves to be moldecd into what their labels want just to get the fame. "Gotta get back to the reason... etc" suggests that he'd like to see labels take a step out of the equation.
"buy my soul so you can sell me" this is the line that made me think of this interpretation... The label buys him with a contract so they can shape and sell him.
"All these fallen angels" - refers to all of the other artists in the industry that sold themselves that stopped making music the way they wanted and enjoyed most in exchange for the fame. All those fallen angels hanging up there for us to see.
I could spend a bit more time trying to tie every line of this song into this meaning - but I'm not going to because this isn't what I hear when I'm listening to the song. I hear anguish over following a lead that you don't agree with - anger over having listened to a teacher who's teaching you just to help themselves. I hear reason to follow myself and drop those assumptions that the attraction of fame and popularity build into you.