Lady Jane Lyrics

Lyric discussion by imnxntric 

Cover art for Lady Jane lyrics by Queensrÿche

If we're going for a mental disorder it's more likely a schizotypal personality disorder due to the persistence of social isolation (sitting all alone...), complex trauma (the voice is very very close...), inappropriate emotional affect (are you smiling or afraid...), "odd" or "magical" thinking (and the world is looking very strange...), and alterations in sensory perception (Yesterday seemed very dark, but now it's bright...)

There's literally nothing to indicate drug use other than the name and even that's a stretch - Lady Jane is a very, very common honorific and is actually used more commonly in literature as a reference to the Nine Days' Queen of England, Lady Jane Grey who was later considered a martyr.

Forget the drugs, this is possibly much more interesting.

"There's literally nothing to indicate drug use" Yes, there is! "Your eyes are wide" / "a scary ride we take" / "your clouds have gone away" I think it is quite clear. Even though I too think that the song is deeper than that. The point is not drug abuse, but isolation, imo.