I almost get the impression that the town that he is leaving doesn't know that he killed someone. Its going to bother him that they called him his friends, because they really didn't know him or what he did.
He talks about "writing" a lot. There is the "writing on the wall" in the chorus, a mention of "rewriting the story told a thousand times" in a second verse, and then at the end when he isnt sure if he should "write off". Im not sure if this right, but he had also said that when he killed whoever the blood was spattered across the wall. That almost makes me think that he manipulated the evidence (bc from blood evidence you can tell how a person was killed, at what angle they were shot etc.)
The fact that he says "our" end table implies that he was close to the person that he killed... possibly that it was a girlfriend or something. I almost get the impression that she knew he was a psychopath, but didnt do anything about or "kill" him, or metaphorically "kill" the dark side of him. She knew he was dangerous but didnt do anything.
So basically to me, this tells a story. His girlfriend cheated on him, and he became extremely angry. The town with eyes and ears knew about it. He kills her and makes her death look like a suicide by manipulating the blood ("writing") on the wall. He leaves the town with his dignity as depicted in the first few lines. They think that she killed herself out of guilt, and this makes them not want to be unfairful in relationships ("and i knew this would make them change"). These people didn't really know him, but the girl he killed knew his extreme anger, and didnt stop him when she had the chance.
Maybe im reading way to deep into this, but...
I almost get the impression that the town that he is leaving doesn't know that he killed someone. Its going to bother him that they called him his friends, because they really didn't know him or what he did.
He talks about "writing" a lot. There is the "writing on the wall" in the chorus, a mention of "rewriting the story told a thousand times" in a second verse, and then at the end when he isnt sure if he should "write off". Im not sure if this right, but he had also said that when he killed whoever the blood was spattered across the wall. That almost makes me think that he manipulated the evidence (bc from blood evidence you can tell how a person was killed, at what angle they were shot etc.)
The fact that he says "our" end table implies that he was close to the person that he killed... possibly that it was a girlfriend or something. I almost get the impression that she knew he was a psychopath, but didnt do anything about or "kill" him, or metaphorically "kill" the dark side of him. She knew he was dangerous but didnt do anything.
So basically to me, this tells a story. His girlfriend cheated on him, and he became extremely angry. The town with eyes and ears knew about it. He kills her and makes her death look like a suicide by manipulating the blood ("writing") on the wall. He leaves the town with his dignity as depicted in the first few lines. They think that she killed herself out of guilt, and this makes them not want to be unfairful in relationships ("and i knew this would make them change"). These people didn't really know him, but the girl he killed knew his extreme anger, and didnt stop him when she had the chance.
Idk if that makes sense lol?
(PS: No idea if this is even close to what they meant, its just my own speculation. You don't have to agree. ^^)
(PS: No idea if this is even close to what they meant, its just my own speculation. You don't have to agree. ^^)