"I regarded the world as such a sad sight
Until I viewed it in black and white
Then I reviewed every frame and basic shape
And sealed the exits with caution tape"
At first Adam is depressed, he wants to die. But then he examines life as a whole, and realized that suicide is not an answer to your problems ("And sealed the exits with caution tape").
"Don't refocus your eyes in the darkness
And don't remember this place unless
I describe all the things that you cannot see
And we'll unravel the mystery"
Now he's talking to someone else (Vienna). He doesn't want her to focus on all the negatives. The things she can't see are the "positives."
"Farewell, all my friends in textbooks
I'm going home
'Cause my blood cells cannot depend
On the weather in photographs"
Adam is saying he isn't going to join "his friends in textbooks" by dying. His bloods cells = emotions (or body in general). His emotions shouldn't be affected by something physical (the weather).
"There's a light show out my window
Somewhere way up there"
Behind all the evil in world there is still an underlying joy.
"Dear Vienna, are you singing?
Dear Vienna, are you swinging?"
He's asking Vienna something... either if she's still happy, or still alive.
"Dear Vienna, we were happy
Like the shades of May
When we got carried away
I was so far out of place
Watching those stars in outer space
'Cause I am so far from where you are"
These lines hint how they got their depression. Perhaps they broke up or Vienna died.
Overall, it's about something happening to this "couple." Both of them then spiral into depression because they are not with each other, but then one overcomes it and then sends a message to the other telling her how to overcome it also.
I believe it's about two depressed people.
"I regarded the world as such a sad sight Until I viewed it in black and white Then I reviewed every frame and basic shape And sealed the exits with caution tape"
At first Adam is depressed, he wants to die. But then he examines life as a whole, and realized that suicide is not an answer to your problems ("And sealed the exits with caution tape").
"Don't refocus your eyes in the darkness And don't remember this place unless I describe all the things that you cannot see And we'll unravel the mystery"
Now he's talking to someone else (Vienna). He doesn't want her to focus on all the negatives. The things she can't see are the "positives."
"Farewell, all my friends in textbooks I'm going home 'Cause my blood cells cannot depend On the weather in photographs"
Adam is saying he isn't going to join "his friends in textbooks" by dying. His bloods cells = emotions (or body in general). His emotions shouldn't be affected by something physical (the weather).
"There's a light show out my window Somewhere way up there"
Behind all the evil in world there is still an underlying joy.
"Dear Vienna, are you singing? Dear Vienna, are you swinging?"
He's asking Vienna something... either if she's still happy, or still alive.
"Dear Vienna, we were happy Like the shades of May When we got carried away
I was so far out of place Watching those stars in outer space 'Cause I am so far from where you are"
These lines hint how they got their depression. Perhaps they broke up or Vienna died.
Overall, it's about something happening to this "couple." Both of them then spiral into depression because they are not with each other, but then one overcomes it and then sends a message to the other telling her how to overcome it also.