Down And Out Lyrics

Lyric discussion by MrTylerGreen 

Cover art for Down And Out lyrics by Tantric

It is written from the perspective of somebody that has a hard time relating to other people. He often feels alone because even his friends he feels are trying to change him and refuse to love him for how he is usually whether their friends are trying to change him or not.

"Just shut up and stand beside me I don't need your understanding I don't need to change a damn thing"

"Look for a reason that you have to start Acting like a friend that you are not"

Often when people feel like this, they think that their friends are not really their friends but are trying to use them. Often they think that nobody really knows them (despite how well people really do know them, this type of person is very transparent).

"There's so many things that you don�t know About my soul"

Sometimes they think people are fake and trying to screw them over by lying about who they are to get close to them.

"I'm being myself who are you You stand above and look down You're just a plagaristic clown You suck the life out of me You keep track of the petty And when this well becomes dry You'll shed a tear for another lie"

The reason that the video has a suicide theme is because often when they realize the reason they are lonely is all their own fault for driving people away usually cuz they are falsely thinking that everyone around him is fake and using him. Or because he has some kind of other significant person problems that drives away everyone but users (it is usually this one, think about it how often is the notion "everybody in the world is crazy except for me" true?). When people suddenly come to the realization that everything bad in their life is their own fault, one of two things will happen. They will try to change themselves, or will kill themselves.

My Interpretation