The speaker compares his alcoholism ("eyes burning drunk") to death ("under the silk / in a box of pine") and wonders if rehab is necessary ("Am I wasting time? ... / Is it worth the risk to be revived"). But even as he questions the point of rehab, he admits that his lifestyle is draining him of life ("I'm hollow").
The speaker compares his alcoholism ("eyes burning drunk") to death ("under the silk / in a box of pine") and wonders if rehab is necessary ("Am I wasting time? ... / Is it worth the risk to be revived"). But even as he questions the point of rehab, he admits that his lifestyle is draining him of life ("I'm hollow").