I'm pretty sure this song is about how loneliness and depression can eat away at someone's sanity.
"He wakes up early today Throws on a mask that will alter his face" i.e. hiding behind a smile or cheery disposition.
"Nobody knows his real name But now he just uses one he saw on a grave" Nobody knows his real personality, all they get is one he made up. I know that personally I name characters after the names I see on gravestones; but this is also a possible reference to how dead he feels inside.
"He pretends that he's okay
But you should see
Him in bed late at night, he's petrified
Take me out, and finish this waste of a life"
He's afraid of dying but wants to kill himself. "me" here is a gun or a method of suicide, I believe. The singer is taking the position of the suicidal thoughts or depression observing the sufferer.
"Everyone gather around for a show
Watch as this man disappears as we know
Do me a favor and try to ignore
As you watch him fall through a bleeding trapdoor"
People who are depressed often melt away from their friends, leaving them wondering where the person they used to know has gone. The singer is telling the sufferer's friends that they should ignore his problems, which is probably a reference to the oft-repeated mantra "I'm fine." Still, the friends can see he's in trouble but they don't want to put unwanted pressure to get help on him.
"He thinks that faith might be dead
Nothing kills a man faster than his own head"
He can't find the spirituality or faith he used to have, which meant a lot to him. It's making him even more upset, and he loses hope.
"He used to see dreams at night
But now he's just watching the backs of his eyes"
He's not remembering his dreams, if he's sleeping at all. Insomnia can make depression worse.
"'Cause nobody knows he's alive"
He feels abandoned and nobody would care if he died, because he's already dead to the world.
"He used to see dreams at night, but now he's just watching the backs of his eyes" also, it sounds like he used to have dreams and hopes, but now he only sees the reality, which, to him, for lack of a better word, sucks.
"He used to see dreams at night, but now he's just watching the backs of his eyes" also, it sounds like he used to have dreams and hopes, but now he only sees the reality, which, to him, for lack of a better word, sucks.
I'm pretty sure this song is about how loneliness and depression can eat away at someone's sanity.
"He wakes up early today Throws on a mask that will alter his face" i.e. hiding behind a smile or cheery disposition.
"Nobody knows his real name But now he just uses one he saw on a grave" Nobody knows his real personality, all they get is one he made up. I know that personally I name characters after the names I see on gravestones; but this is also a possible reference to how dead he feels inside.
"He pretends that he's okay But you should see Him in bed late at night, he's petrified Take me out, and finish this waste of a life" He's afraid of dying but wants to kill himself. "me" here is a gun or a method of suicide, I believe. The singer is taking the position of the suicidal thoughts or depression observing the sufferer. "Everyone gather around for a show Watch as this man disappears as we know Do me a favor and try to ignore As you watch him fall through a bleeding trapdoor" People who are depressed often melt away from their friends, leaving them wondering where the person they used to know has gone. The singer is telling the sufferer's friends that they should ignore his problems, which is probably a reference to the oft-repeated mantra "I'm fine." Still, the friends can see he's in trouble but they don't want to put unwanted pressure to get help on him.
"He thinks that faith might be dead Nothing kills a man faster than his own head" He can't find the spirituality or faith he used to have, which meant a lot to him. It's making him even more upset, and he loses hope.
"He used to see dreams at night But now he's just watching the backs of his eyes" He's not remembering his dreams, if he's sleeping at all. Insomnia can make depression worse.
"'Cause nobody knows he's alive" He feels abandoned and nobody would care if he died, because he's already dead to the world.
"He used to see dreams at night, but now he's just watching the backs of his eyes" also, it sounds like he used to have dreams and hopes, but now he only sees the reality, which, to him, for lack of a better word, sucks.
"He used to see dreams at night, but now he's just watching the backs of his eyes" also, it sounds like he used to have dreams and hopes, but now he only sees the reality, which, to him, for lack of a better word, sucks.