There are two reasonable meanings that this song could have.
Self-mutilation is the first meaning, as many people have stated below...
But after listening to it a few more times, emotionally, sniffles...
I really think it could be about a drug addict as well.
The part where they mention hiding from your family, and the fact that they shan't know you now really points towrds this, as most people would want to hide the shame of being a drug addict. Plus, it DEFINITELY changes you, your personality, and your mentality. And I can understand not wanting to look in the mirror, because you might not look too.. pretty... when you're all hopped up on the stuff. The "scars" could be from burns from smoking, maybe? Or needles.
And in the chorus, someone this person knows and used to cherish sees that whoever the subject is has become something truly awful, horrible and ugly, just wants to see the real "whoever" again, and is pleading for him/her to remember how amazing he/she is on their own...
Such a dark yet poetic meaning. I love it!!!
There are two reasonable meanings that this song could have. Self-mutilation is the first meaning, as many people have stated below... But after listening to it a few more times, emotionally, sniffles... I really think it could be about a drug addict as well. The part where they mention hiding from your family, and the fact that they shan't know you now really points towrds this, as most people would want to hide the shame of being a drug addict. Plus, it DEFINITELY changes you, your personality, and your mentality. And I can understand not wanting to look in the mirror, because you might not look too.. pretty... when you're all hopped up on the stuff. The "scars" could be from burns from smoking, maybe? Or needles. And in the chorus, someone this person knows and used to cherish sees that whoever the subject is has become something truly awful, horrible and ugly, just wants to see the real "whoever" again, and is pleading for him/her to remember how amazing he/she is on their own... Such a dark yet poetic meaning. I love it!!!