I think the song is to do with losing yourself, in a way, like depression, possibly, or something similar. I won't go into every single word of the song but here's an interpretation of mine:
"When I'm falling down" - becoming depressed, changing, losing yourself, you get the jist.
And then, "Will you pick me up again?" - the need to have someone there, wanting someone who will pick you up, or save or rescue you from this (metophorically), dark place, or depression.
"When I'm staring down the barrel" - personally, I'd say the "barrel" is most likely the barrel of a gun. The gun symbolises suicide/death/destruction. This could mean that the narrator/singer is considering suicide, about to commit suicide, or is in a mental state where all they can see is evil and it's destroying them.
"When I cannot see your face" - they want to be helped but it's going to take a lot to help/save them, and they're asking to be helped even when they can't see a light at the end of the tunnel, when they can't see a way out of their misery, etc...
and, "Take me out of here" quite clearly, is them asking to be saved.
"All I believe and all I've known
Are being taken from me, can't get home.
Lead to a world where worlds collide,
Let the fear collapse, bring no suprise
Take me out of here"
[I corrected some of the lyrics as to how I hear them...]
In the above verse, the singer is describing his current experience, or his mental state. Everything he's known is being "taken" from him, like none of it means anything anymore. Everything he's ever known, (or at least thought he knew) is now wrong, and everything he's ever believed in is fake.
The "world" he's been lead to could also represent the dark mental state he is currently in.
He wants the "fear" to "collapse" because he wants it all to end, I suppose. He doesn't want to be in this position anymore, he doesn't want to be scared anymore.
I think the repetion of "take me out of here" emphasises how strongly he wants to basically, be ok again, and how he wants to overcome this depression.
He then changes his point of view in this verse:
"Just stay where you are.
Let your fear subside
Just stay where you are
If there's nothing to hide"
It seems that he feels like he can overcome the problems he's facing at this point, and for once, he feels strong and able. It's like he's talking to other people in the same situation that they can overcome it, too.
"If there's nothing to hide" - (possibly) meaning that the way you feel, the way you think and percieve things right now, none of it's real. It's some sort of illusion you've created in your mind, and depression does this kind of thing to people. I think he's talking about realising that you've created this unnecessary mess (not that you're to be blamed for it) and that you are able to defeat it, because there's nothing stopping you...
I think the song is to do with losing yourself, in a way, like depression, possibly, or something similar. I won't go into every single word of the song but here's an interpretation of mine:
"When I'm falling down" - becoming depressed, changing, losing yourself, you get the jist.
And then, "Will you pick me up again?" - the need to have someone there, wanting someone who will pick you up, or save or rescue you from this (metophorically), dark place, or depression.
"When I'm staring down the barrel" - personally, I'd say the "barrel" is most likely the barrel of a gun. The gun symbolises suicide/death/destruction. This could mean that the narrator/singer is considering suicide, about to commit suicide, or is in a mental state where all they can see is evil and it's destroying them.
"When I cannot see your face" - they want to be helped but it's going to take a lot to help/save them, and they're asking to be helped even when they can't see a light at the end of the tunnel, when they can't see a way out of their misery, etc...
and, "Take me out of here" quite clearly, is them asking to be saved.
"All I believe and all I've known Are being taken from me, can't get home. Lead to a world where worlds collide, Let the fear collapse, bring no suprise Take me out of here" [I corrected some of the lyrics as to how I hear them...]
In the above verse, the singer is describing his current experience, or his mental state. Everything he's known is being "taken" from him, like none of it means anything anymore. Everything he's ever known, (or at least thought he knew) is now wrong, and everything he's ever believed in is fake.
The "world" he's been lead to could also represent the dark mental state he is currently in.
He wants the "fear" to "collapse" because he wants it all to end, I suppose. He doesn't want to be in this position anymore, he doesn't want to be scared anymore.
I think the repetion of "take me out of here" emphasises how strongly he wants to basically, be ok again, and how he wants to overcome this depression.
He then changes his point of view in this verse:
"Just stay where you are. Let your fear subside Just stay where you are If there's nothing to hide"
It seems that he feels like he can overcome the problems he's facing at this point, and for once, he feels strong and able. It's like he's talking to other people in the same situation that they can overcome it, too.
"If there's nothing to hide" - (possibly) meaning that the way you feel, the way you think and percieve things right now, none of it's real. It's some sort of illusion you've created in your mind, and depression does this kind of thing to people. I think he's talking about realising that you've created this unnecessary mess (not that you're to be blamed for it) and that you are able to defeat it, because there's nothing stopping you...
what do you think? :-)