The lyrics seem pretty dark and paranoid. The beats and dissonant vocals to me evoke a lot of anxiety (big time fears of rejection or doomed unrequited love). It's more going with the theme of the album than anything person though. Thom just likes doing what he's good at, which is mostly dark neurotic themes. Art is often about channeling emotions, it doesn't have to be personal.
The lyrics seem pretty dark and paranoid. The beats and dissonant vocals to me evoke a lot of anxiety (big time fears of rejection or doomed unrequited love). It's more going with the theme of the album than anything person though. Thom just likes doing what he's good at, which is mostly dark neurotic themes. Art is often about channeling emotions, it doesn't have to be personal.