If you watch the music video, it shows someone digging into the ground with a shovel. And with the lyrics of the music, it’s possible that those spots are graves. So maybe they’re digging in graves, looking for belongings such as clothes and such because they can’t afford to buy this stuff? So, he would hypothetically be “a dead man walking”, because he is wearing and keeping the belongings of a dead man.
If you watch the music video, it shows someone digging into the ground with a shovel. And with the lyrics of the music, it’s possible that those spots are graves. So maybe they’re digging in graves, looking for belongings such as clothes and such because they can’t afford to buy this stuff? So, he would hypothetically be “a dead man walking”, because he is wearing and keeping the belongings of a dead man.