I personally interpret this song as being about depression. But that just may be because that way I can relate it more to me/my experiences but here goes:
"It's like you're trying to get to heaven in a hurry,
And the queue was shorter than you thought it would be,
And the doorman says,
You need to get a wristband."
The person attempted/is thinking about suicide ("trying to get to heaven in a hurry"), but the "doorman" (symbolizing a god figure) basically says it's not their time yet.
"You got a lift between the pitfalls,
But you're looking like your low on energy,
Did you get out and walk,
To ensure you'd miss the quicksand?"
The speaker is trying to encourage this depressed person to just pick themselves up and be positive despite all the crap that might have happened to them. But when you're depressed you're tired [and of course sad] all the time so this is really hard to do. It also feels like getting the life and light in your eyes sucked out of you which could be what the "quicksand" is referring to but I'm not sure.
"Looking for a new place to begin,
Feeling like it's hard to understand,
But as long as you still keep peppering the pill,
You'll find a way to spit it out again."
This made me think of the person sitting in therapy, trying to restart their life like their psychiatrist says but can't really understand why they're so depressed. And unfortunately, how the meaning behind why they're depressed isn't so important because as long as they keep taking their antidepressants they should be fine (cough, cough).
"And even when you know the way it's gonna blow,
It's hard to get around the wind."
Even when you know you're depressed and things really aren't that bad you still can't pull yourself out of the black hole you're in.
"Stretching out the neck on your evening,
Trying to even out some deficits,
But it's sabertooth multi-ball confusion."
The person stays up late at night because they're unhappy and discontent and trying to just find something to make them happy before they go to bed but it's useless.
"And you can shriek until you're hollow,
Or whisper it the other way,"
You can yell/outwardly project your anger at how you're feeling so depressed or can quietly suffer and perhaps self-harm/have disordered eating etc.
"I can hear you through my window,
But I'm never quite sure who is who,
But they want the world on a dessert spoon."
It kind of sounds like the speaker doesn't really understand the person's depression, they just think that they want everything to come easy to them and that life is sometimes hard and you have to just get through it.
"It always sounds like they're fighting,
Or if that's what they are about to do,
It might not hurt now but it's gonna hurt soon."
I dunno, this always just reminds me of parents fighting so it made me think that perhaps this is a flashback to why the person's so depressed. Maybe they came from a home where their parents were always fighting/abusive towards one another and at first it didn't affect them but now it's festered into this depression.
I personally interpret this song as being about depression. But that just may be because that way I can relate it more to me/my experiences but here goes:
"It's like you're trying to get to heaven in a hurry, And the queue was shorter than you thought it would be, And the doorman says, You need to get a wristband."
The person attempted/is thinking about suicide ("trying to get to heaven in a hurry"), but the "doorman" (symbolizing a god figure) basically says it's not their time yet.
"You got a lift between the pitfalls, But you're looking like your low on energy, Did you get out and walk, To ensure you'd miss the quicksand?"
The speaker is trying to encourage this depressed person to just pick themselves up and be positive despite all the crap that might have happened to them. But when you're depressed you're tired [and of course sad] all the time so this is really hard to do. It also feels like getting the life and light in your eyes sucked out of you which could be what the "quicksand" is referring to but I'm not sure.
"Looking for a new place to begin, Feeling like it's hard to understand, But as long as you still keep peppering the pill, You'll find a way to spit it out again."
This made me think of the person sitting in therapy, trying to restart their life like their psychiatrist says but can't really understand why they're so depressed. And unfortunately, how the meaning behind why they're depressed isn't so important because as long as they keep taking their antidepressants they should be fine (cough, cough).
"And even when you know the way it's gonna blow, It's hard to get around the wind." Even when you know you're depressed and things really aren't that bad you still can't pull yourself out of the black hole you're in.
"Stretching out the neck on your evening, Trying to even out some deficits, But it's sabertooth multi-ball confusion."
The person stays up late at night because they're unhappy and discontent and trying to just find something to make them happy before they go to bed but it's useless.
"And you can shriek until you're hollow, Or whisper it the other way," You can yell/outwardly project your anger at how you're feeling so depressed or can quietly suffer and perhaps self-harm/have disordered eating etc.
"I can hear you through my window, But I'm never quite sure who is who, But they want the world on a dessert spoon."
It kind of sounds like the speaker doesn't really understand the person's depression, they just think that they want everything to come easy to them and that life is sometimes hard and you have to just get through it.
"It always sounds like they're fighting, Or if that's what they are about to do, It might not hurt now but it's gonna hurt soon."
I dunno, this always just reminds me of parents fighting so it made me think that perhaps this is a flashback to why the person's so depressed. Maybe they came from a home where their parents were always fighting/abusive towards one another and at first it didn't affect them but now it's festered into this depression.