my thoughts on this are that he has an addiction to a drug where he wants to quit but knows he cant, even though the consequences have become deadly. For example he has an addiction to heroine, or even simpler yet, cigarettes and he is dying. I think this meaning makes the most sense when you read the chorus "holding on gets harder and harder" (hes dying) and "giving up gets harder and harder" (he can't quit because he is addicted). The instrumental at the end might try to make it feel like the person has found release. It's a great song one of my favorites on this album I definetly like the technical riffs and the glockenspiel in the background at the end.
my thoughts on this are that he has an addiction to a drug where he wants to quit but knows he cant, even though the consequences have become deadly. For example he has an addiction to heroine, or even simpler yet, cigarettes and he is dying. I think this meaning makes the most sense when you read the chorus "holding on gets harder and harder" (hes dying) and "giving up gets harder and harder" (he can't quit because he is addicted). The instrumental at the end might try to make it feel like the person has found release. It's a great song one of my favorites on this album I definetly like the technical riffs and the glockenspiel in the background at the end.
You can also spin that same logic towards a woman. You need to get over her but you can't, and it's crushing you. Both work, i guess.
You can also spin that same logic towards a woman. You need to get over her but you can't, and it's crushing you. Both work, i guess.