I really couldn't have said it much better than The Numpty. This together with Eraser is probably one of the most crucial points of the album, which is why I left these last bits alone for quite some time.
The opening lines "the best thing about life is that you put it together" is a quiet realization by the little bit of humanity left in the Ruiner's assault; he comes to terms with the fact that he is responsible for where he is, not his ex-girlfriend or his boss or anyone else he ever feels hurt him. The fact that this song is so quiet and humble in extremely harsh contrast to the rest of the album makes me think it must be post-something: perhaps after his sexual control rampage in "Big Man With A Gun," he comes home, lies down, and reflects. We've all been there, those moments where you fall down in bed either after a long day or a long night or a significant event and you forget the outside world for a little bit. He is scared of how much the Ruiner/Mr. Self-Destruct/his machine half has come to control his life, but its this song that he realizes its an internal conflict that he must end. The end of the song provides hope for some sort of solution to that. The only problem is that he has no idea how, which leads to Eraser...
I really couldn't have said it much better than The Numpty. This together with Eraser is probably one of the most crucial points of the album, which is why I left these last bits alone for quite some time.
The opening lines "the best thing about life is that you put it together" is a quiet realization by the little bit of humanity left in the Ruiner's assault; he comes to terms with the fact that he is responsible for where he is, not his ex-girlfriend or his boss or anyone else he ever feels hurt him. The fact that this song is so quiet and humble in extremely harsh contrast to the rest of the album makes me think it must be post-something: perhaps after his sexual control rampage in "Big Man With A Gun," he comes home, lies down, and reflects. We've all been there, those moments where you fall down in bed either after a long day or a long night or a significant event and you forget the outside world for a little bit. He is scared of how much the Ruiner/Mr. Self-Destruct/his machine half has come to control his life, but its this song that he realizes its an internal conflict that he must end. The end of the song provides hope for some sort of solution to that. The only problem is that he has no idea how, which leads to Eraser...