In the interviews the guys had done talking about this video, Josh was describing it as "a metaphor for a relationship ending." He deliberately seemed to not explain any further or use specific words about what KIND of relationship, so I'm fairly convinced that this song (and the whole album, really) is a chronicle of his past demons- all the things that he's ever done to harm himself. So this song, I personally believe, is the turning point in which he's finally talking about thinking about ending his relationship with drugs/self-harm/bulimia. I feel like he's talking about himself in two different ways in this song. The first being Josh-on-drugs and the second being Sober-Josh.
"I know you're fine, but what do I do?"
He had gotten so comfortable in the negative situations that he doesn't know how to respond to any other way anymore.
"I'm on the ledge while you're do damn polite and composed."
The drugs/bulimia will wait patiently, should he ever decide to get back into that stuff, but at the moment, he's scared and 'on the ledge' as he's coming off all of the bad stuff.
"Now there's him and now there's me, the secrets you give and the secrets you keep..."
Again, Sober Josh vs. Addict Josh. He hid his secrets for a very long time until it was finally noticed. It was like he was two different people.
"Everything reminds me of you..."
Seems self explanatory. Addicts and recovering addicts as well as people with eating disorders experience some insanely intense cravings to go back to previous lifestyles when they're in recovery.
The word "Fallout" alone means "the adverse side effects or results of a situation". So I think essentially what this whole song is about is Josh struggling with coming to terms with becoming healthy and sober. In a nutshell, "I'm gonna try, but what if I fuck it up? I'm scared and despite everything horrible I'm doing to myself, I'm comfortable here and I don't want to change because what if my whole world falls apart?"
And if you've ever watched interviews, you see how Josh talks about how hard it was for him in the treatment center and rehab, so really, he did 'fallout' for a little while, which is what you see at the very end of the video.
In the interviews the guys had done talking about this video, Josh was describing it as "a metaphor for a relationship ending." He deliberately seemed to not explain any further or use specific words about what KIND of relationship, so I'm fairly convinced that this song (and the whole album, really) is a chronicle of his past demons- all the things that he's ever done to harm himself. So this song, I personally believe, is the turning point in which he's finally talking about thinking about ending his relationship with drugs/self-harm/bulimia. I feel like he's talking about himself in two different ways in this song. The first being Josh-on-drugs and the second being Sober-Josh.
"I know you're fine, but what do I do?"
He had gotten so comfortable in the negative situations that he doesn't know how to respond to any other way anymore.
"I'm on the ledge while you're do damn polite and composed." The drugs/bulimia will wait patiently, should he ever decide to get back into that stuff, but at the moment, he's scared and 'on the ledge' as he's coming off all of the bad stuff.
"Now there's him and now there's me, the secrets you give and the secrets you keep..." Again, Sober Josh vs. Addict Josh. He hid his secrets for a very long time until it was finally noticed. It was like he was two different people.
"Everything reminds me of you..." Seems self explanatory. Addicts and recovering addicts as well as people with eating disorders experience some insanely intense cravings to go back to previous lifestyles when they're in recovery.
The word "Fallout" alone means "the adverse side effects or results of a situation". So I think essentially what this whole song is about is Josh struggling with coming to terms with becoming healthy and sober. In a nutshell, "I'm gonna try, but what if I fuck it up? I'm scared and despite everything horrible I'm doing to myself, I'm comfortable here and I don't want to change because what if my whole world falls apart?"
And if you've ever watched interviews, you see how Josh talks about how hard it was for him in the treatment center and rehab, so really, he did 'fallout' for a little while, which is what you see at the very end of the video.