like substitution, i think this song is about suicide. i know the album was written during a rough period when suicide was contemplated/attempted, i don't remember the details.. thats why it took like 2 years to be released. it has to do with how things used to be.. like, remember when i took care of you, and watched over you (verse 1), and now do you remember when things with me went from good to drastically bad ("remember when my joking turned grim," verse 2, etc)? and do you remember how we thought we could stop it, that we were bigger than it and could control it? the chorus has to deal with making the good times seem vastly better than they really were, and the second line is the complete opposite - demonizing injuries is making things seem exponentially worse than they actually are. "is it perfect in our little hell?..." refers to how its being dealt with and whether or not the support needed is actually being provided. also, "spiraling" is a psychology term referred to a complete downward spiral where one starts seeing things as being continuously negative and never getting better. it precedes suicide. just my input, but i know a lot of the album is based around suicide and it just seems to fit.
like substitution, i think this song is about suicide. i know the album was written during a rough period when suicide was contemplated/attempted, i don't remember the details.. thats why it took like 2 years to be released. it has to do with how things used to be.. like, remember when i took care of you, and watched over you (verse 1), and now do you remember when things with me went from good to drastically bad ("remember when my joking turned grim," verse 2, etc)? and do you remember how we thought we could stop it, that we were bigger than it and could control it? the chorus has to deal with making the good times seem vastly better than they really were, and the second line is the complete opposite - demonizing injuries is making things seem exponentially worse than they actually are. "is it perfect in our little hell?..." refers to how its being dealt with and whether or not the support needed is actually being provided. also, "spiraling" is a psychology term referred to a complete downward spiral where one starts seeing things as being continuously negative and never getting better. it precedes suicide. just my input, but i know a lot of the album is based around suicide and it just seems to fit.