I think that the red lines have to be read separate from the black lines. I don't think the lyrics can be read straight though. And I believe that they are both separate divisions within his mind. The black lyrics seem to be his paranoid and nervous side (Both are thought that can consume one's mind) and these are undoubtably the more prominent lyrics and they seem to overpower the red ones. I think the red ones are his more logical thoughts. I think they can see him struggling and want to help him but he is too focused on his feelings of paranoia and fear and nervousness. "And I saw you running in the wooden floors of my house" He's saying I can see the paranoia within your mind [my house being his mind as it is his thoughts speaking to him]. "And they're not safe buildings when the walls are out of focus and I wish I could save you" The walls would be his moral standards or his ethical code which has blurred causing this unstable mental condition [not safe buildings being the home which was effectively the mind and therefore unsafe or unstable mind]. And his logical side wants to save him it seems but is just being overpowered by the paranoid and nervous thoughts that are consuming him. So ya that was my take on this song. I totally love the song!
I think that the red lines have to be read separate from the black lines. I don't think the lyrics can be read straight though. And I believe that they are both separate divisions within his mind. The black lyrics seem to be his paranoid and nervous side (Both are thought that can consume one's mind) and these are undoubtably the more prominent lyrics and they seem to overpower the red ones. I think the red ones are his more logical thoughts. I think they can see him struggling and want to help him but he is too focused on his feelings of paranoia and fear and nervousness. "And I saw you running in the wooden floors of my house" He's saying I can see the paranoia within your mind [my house being his mind as it is his thoughts speaking to him]. "And they're not safe buildings when the walls are out of focus and I wish I could save you" The walls would be his moral standards or his ethical code which has blurred causing this unstable mental condition [not safe buildings being the home which was effectively the mind and therefore unsafe or unstable mind]. And his logical side wants to save him it seems but is just being overpowered by the paranoid and nervous thoughts that are consuming him. So ya that was my take on this song. I totally love the song!