To me this song is almost addressed to humanity, we are choking on our own medicine as it were; collapsing in on ourselves. The fact is most people blindly follow what they're told and are controlled by any of a number of other sources than themselves. Sadly, most people are gone long before they're dead... and seeing this more and more causes him pain and he feels himself slowly dying with those around him.
To me this song is almost addressed to humanity, we are choking on our own medicine as it were; collapsing in on ourselves. The fact is most people blindly follow what they're told and are controlled by any of a number of other sources than themselves. Sadly, most people are gone long before they're dead... and seeing this more and more causes him pain and he feels himself slowly dying with those around him.