I always thought this was about someone at the brink of self destruction having already been there and is trying their best to make it their "last descent". Struggling to cope with the cards been dealt to them in life and trying not to let vices or depression overcome them again while hanging onto a single thread ("I've lost my last defence").
It's massively hopeless in one sense given how far the narrator has descended but there's still that hope infused into it.
@admeans, good post. Nary a drunken typo in sight :).
I always thought this was about someone at the brink of self destruction having already been there and is trying their best to make it their "last descent". Struggling to cope with the cards been dealt to them in life and trying not to let vices or depression overcome them again while hanging onto a single thread ("I've lost my last defence").
It's massively hopeless in one sense given how far the narrator has descended but there's still that hope infused into it.
@admeans, good post. Nary a drunken typo in sight :).
Simon :)