To me, it seems as if he is missing someone or something that used to be a big part of his life and he's trying to cope with the loss. He realizes that he's wasted time missing that someone or something asking himself
"What the hell is wrong with me? Why am I torturing myself?"
And after all of the pain and loss he's felt, he decides that he is better off without that someone or something and removes any thoughts that would connect him to that someone or something, which he refers to as sentiment.
"So long sentiment It doesn't matter now."
And the repetition of this line is him convincing himself that the words are true.
This song holds a personal meaning to me. I was close friends with a girl at my church, but she has mental problems and started lashing out violently at her parents. So they sent her off to a state hospital for treatment. It took me forever to finally get over her absence and move on with my life. But I was constantly having to remind myself that "it doesn't matter now".
To me, it seems as if he is missing someone or something that used to be a big part of his life and he's trying to cope with the loss. He realizes that he's wasted time missing that someone or something asking himself
"What the hell is wrong with me? Why am I torturing myself?"
And after all of the pain and loss he's felt, he decides that he is better off without that someone or something and removes any thoughts that would connect him to that someone or something, which he refers to as sentiment.
"So long sentiment It doesn't matter now."
And the repetition of this line is him convincing himself that the words are true.
This song holds a personal meaning to me. I was close friends with a girl at my church, but she has mental problems and started lashing out violently at her parents. So they sent her off to a state hospital for treatment. It took me forever to finally get over her absence and move on with my life. But I was constantly having to remind myself that "it doesn't matter now".