okay so I've always interpreted this song to be about mental illness, specifically anxiety disorder. and it may be because of my suffering with this that I do see it to be this way but there are a few bits that really point it out to me.
'life keeps getting harder
and it just keeps getting harder to hide
the darker it is around me
the easier it is to see inside '
this whole bit i feel is about how the worse things get, how more people can see what's going on. whats wrong with her.
the bit about 'lets just say I'm doing fine' seems to me to be her saying that shes okay, because she knows that people can see that things are going wrong so shes just trying to say shes okay over and over again, so that people stop asking and to stop more people from trying to work it out and having to tell more people.
the bit about 'the crowd has been gathering outside since dawn' seems to be like the feeling that everyone everwhere is staring at her or is 'there for her' and the more and more people who are trying to work out whats wrong, and are trying to get into her head (or her glass house)
the repetition of 'I'm gonna stay in today' leads me to believe that she's saying that she's going to stay inside one more day, the way a lot of people with anxiety justify it to themselves, as if it's just one more day or just one day at a time to justify not being able to go out.
and whole section of 'tell me what is your house made off' i feel is like her saying basically you're not perfect, you have your own issue, stop questioning mine.idk it's just how I've always seen it
okay so I've always interpreted this song to be about mental illness, specifically anxiety disorder. and it may be because of my suffering with this that I do see it to be this way but there are a few bits that really point it out to me. 'life keeps getting harder and it just keeps getting harder to hide the darker it is around me the easier it is to see inside ' this whole bit i feel is about how the worse things get, how more people can see what's going on. whats wrong with her. the bit about 'lets just say I'm doing fine' seems to me to be her saying that shes okay, because she knows that people can see that things are going wrong so shes just trying to say shes okay over and over again, so that people stop asking and to stop more people from trying to work it out and having to tell more people. the bit about 'the crowd has been gathering outside since dawn' seems to be like the feeling that everyone everwhere is staring at her or is 'there for her' and the more and more people who are trying to work out whats wrong, and are trying to get into her head (or her glass house) the repetition of 'I'm gonna stay in today' leads me to believe that she's saying that she's going to stay inside one more day, the way a lot of people with anxiety justify it to themselves, as if it's just one more day or just one day at a time to justify not being able to go out. and whole section of 'tell me what is your house made off' i feel is like her saying basically you're not perfect, you have your own issue, stop questioning mine.idk it's just how I've always seen it