This song seems to be about reliance on anti-depressants to keep one happy and smiling. I think Daniel is trying to say that that sort of happiness isn't true emotion, but a kind of chemically-induced numbness that masks hurt and pain. A "quick fix" if you will.
He has come to the realisation that relying on such drugs is actually "thinking in reverse"; and to be TRULY happy one has to risk feeling something - anything - even if the emotion is painful.
This song seems to be about reliance on anti-depressants to keep one happy and smiling. I think Daniel is trying to say that that sort of happiness isn't true emotion, but a kind of chemically-induced numbness that masks hurt and pain. A "quick fix" if you will.
He has come to the realisation that relying on such drugs is actually "thinking in reverse"; and to be TRULY happy one has to risk feeling something - anything - even if the emotion is painful.