Might be a bit of a stretch, but I think it's about a [possibly retired] Soldier.
"I am a Human being... Capable of doing terrible things."
What (s)he has done/seen in his/her time in Battle is haunting them. Most likely, they've done these "horrible things" during whatever war they were in. But they realise, it's only natural for humans to be cruel. War is a thing humanity will never let go of; just as easily as someone can do good, they can commit evil.
"There's lightning striking all over the world."
I think this is straight-forward. He's saying there's fighting everywhere, as pretty much every corner of the globe has had at least one Battle fought on it.
"You people are mistaken if you think that I'm awake and celebrating anything I've become."
(S)he probably has PTSD, hence implying they feel ashamed of what they've done. Like Jarhead put it: "A solder never forgets their Rifle. No matter what they do. Be it Buy a house, kiss their lover, go out for a walk, change their child's diaper; their mind always goes back to the Rifle." A lot of people think that society glorifies War, especially with all the popular FPS's out there now. Without really understand what it does to people.
The reason why I'm saying this is pretty out there is because of the phone conversation at the end of the song. If that has ANYTHING to do with the Song's meaning, then all this is thrown off. But regardless, despite that phone conversation, this is how I view the song. There's not much here lyric-wise to work with, three legitimate lines if you ask me; so really everyone's entitled to their own opinion.
Might be a bit of a stretch, but I think it's about a [possibly retired] Soldier.
"I am a Human being... Capable of doing terrible things."
"There's lightning striking all over the world."
"You people are mistaken if you think that I'm awake and celebrating anything I've become."
The reason why I'm saying this is pretty out there is because of the phone conversation at the end of the song. If that has ANYTHING to do with the Song's meaning, then all this is thrown off. But regardless, despite that phone conversation, this is how I view the song. There's not much here lyric-wise to work with, three legitimate lines if you ask me; so really everyone's entitled to their own opinion.