There are multiple levels to this song. On the one hand the narrator exhorts himself "make the choice to go away" as a rejection of his former beliefs, having "flew too high and burnt the wings" losing faith, realizing he is part of a system that is corrupt and has been damaged as a result. His life is unsalvageable, undredeemable, and decides that he doesn't care. Immediately after this a different voice/persona seems to chime in, wanting to hang on in isolation to something / anything meaningful that might save him, but still feeling betrayed. This sets up a conflict which is played out in the rest of the album.
There are multiple levels to this song. On the one hand the narrator exhorts himself "make the choice to go away" as a rejection of his former beliefs, having "flew too high and burnt the wings" losing faith, realizing he is part of a system that is corrupt and has been damaged as a result. His life is unsalvageable, undredeemable, and decides that he doesn't care. Immediately after this a different voice/persona seems to chime in, wanting to hang on in isolation to something / anything meaningful that might save him, but still feeling betrayed. This sets up a conflict which is played out in the rest of the album.