But when the days beneath me,
scream into my present (Here he thinks back to the past too much, to when they were together)
And then the touching becomes regret (Once they were close, now he regrets letting himself fall so hard for her/him)
And the destruction of all convention,
and all corrupted thought (There is no longer the conventional relationship and his view has become poisoned by what's happened)
Dig their nails into my optimistic shell (He's now left bitter, and so negative. He's very down)
I must always run the race on my own (He never wants a relationship like that ever again)
I think this maybe a regress towards an ex.
But when the days beneath me, scream into my present (Here he thinks back to the past too much, to when they were together)
And then the touching becomes regret (Once they were close, now he regrets letting himself fall so hard for her/him)
And the destruction of all convention, and all corrupted thought (There is no longer the conventional relationship and his view has become poisoned by what's happened)
Dig their nails into my optimistic shell (He's now left bitter, and so negative. He's very down) I must always run the race on my own (He never wants a relationship like that ever again)