Lyric discussion by kitkatty83 

Cover art for Fated lyrics by Matthew Good Band

Anyone can take whatever they want out of a song so here's my spin:

Clearly this is about someone severely depressed, he feel's like adventure is behind him and he'd just rather not move. He feels so shitty about himself he'd rather lie in bed and watch what little life he has drip away from him. I feel the IV represents more inertia than anything. the painting on the wall reflects the guilt and memories of his mistakes. He's seen you naked a million times as in he's seen what you are, what you really are(either that or the painting if it could see has seen him at his most vulnerable times). The chorus is self explanatory as it's a commentary on his mind set. He's depressed and confused and feels only death can bring clarity or at least an stop to the endless twine of confusion/emotion/stress thats built in his mind. The cartoon killer is the loss of innocence all who've experienced depression desperately wish never happened. Like two completely oxymoronic things he can't ever succeed at life because from the beginning he was marked to only survive inside the dark empty void of depression. This is a deeply crushing song of hopelessness yet it's so beautiful in its pure raw sincerity.

That's my spin anyway I'd love for some dialog to improve it. "One can only see what one observes, and one can only observe what one already has in the mind"