i have a hunch that it's about scott's heroin addiction. it wouldn't be the first time he personified heroin as a woman. he did it in "barbarella" and stp's "atlanta," too.
the second stanza (I've took it nearly to the brink/ And if you've seen me on the outside/ You would have barely seen me breathe) is a good description of an addict from an observer's pov.
for the last stanza (And if I meet you out tonight/ Will you be loving me forever), "you" could be heroin. it fits well, especially when it gets "colder after the night" i.e. after his high ends. and i think "It's been a year and a night" is the time he's been sober, or at least claimed he was.
in that case "You really don't believe me" might be the people in his life who doubt him when he says he's clean.
i have a hunch that it's about scott's heroin addiction. it wouldn't be the first time he personified heroin as a woman. he did it in "barbarella" and stp's "atlanta," too.
the second stanza (I've took it nearly to the brink/ And if you've seen me on the outside/ You would have barely seen me breathe) is a good description of an addict from an observer's pov.
for the last stanza (And if I meet you out tonight/ Will you be loving me forever), "you" could be heroin. it fits well, especially when it gets "colder after the night" i.e. after his high ends. and i think "It's been a year and a night" is the time he's been sober, or at least claimed he was.
in that case "You really don't believe me" might be the people in his life who doubt him when he says he's clean.