Lyric discussion by sohltofangy 

Cover art for Dead & Bloated lyrics by Stone Temple Pilots

The song is about insecurity and the ability to conquer it.

It's the same feeling you get the first time you show your naked body to a lover for the first time. It's the same feeling you get when people walk all over you. And the main message is that it's hard to discuss how you feel and how to people and a true friend giving you comfort is really the only thing that can stop this wave of thinking. When people you care about really give you love and comfort, it's usually in either really great times (birthday) or really bad times (deathbed) where you're unafraid of people who couldn't understand you and might be uncomfortable hearing your inner thoughts.