Lyric discussion by WonderFace 

Cover art for The Outsider lyrics by A Perfect Circle

For the record, This song is about Maynards brother. He was a drug addict, and after getting clean a couple of times, and always going back to his old ways, he ended up in hospital and nearly died. I suppose maynard felt the same way about his brother as my folks do about me. They've given up because it's just too much heartache. They know it's gonna keep happening, and just don't want it near them.

The ONLY Piece of Anti-Drugs material EVER to get through to me! Made me feel like shit through and through, because he let me understand what I was doing to the people around me.

@WonderFace This is NOT true at all, and if it is - give a source. Maynard said that this song was inspired by a brother of an addict who didn't understand what his brother was going through.