I'm probably self reflecting here, but this song reminds me a lot of my own struggle with depression.
When I was younger, it was easier to deal with because it was acceptable for things to be difficult and to cry when you're young, but when you get older it's harder and people are less accepting and you have to be tougher.
I also use my depression and sadness as a fallback feeling, im to the point where it's comforting to be sad because I'm used to it. In a way, the "skeleton" (being depression in my example) is a bad thing that brings unwanted attention and makes you explain why you behave how you do, but you still can't let go because it's something that you've had or "been friends with" for years, and it's a part of you.
Sometimes you want to get rid of it because you think you'd be better off, but you end up just falling back into it. One of the lines,
"And it's not that I'm letting go of you,
But I don't know what to do"
Reminds me of when I first started getting help because I just didn't know how to deal with it.
The last lines of the song especially speak to me, and they make me think of when people tell you "just be happy" or "don't be so gloomy". You can't let it go because it's al you know how to feel. That's all you know.
I might've perceived it totally wrong, but this is how I personally connect to the song, it makes me think of my relationship with my "skeleton".
I'm probably self reflecting here, but this song reminds me a lot of my own struggle with depression.
When I was younger, it was easier to deal with because it was acceptable for things to be difficult and to cry when you're young, but when you get older it's harder and people are less accepting and you have to be tougher.
I also use my depression and sadness as a fallback feeling, im to the point where it's comforting to be sad because I'm used to it. In a way, the "skeleton" (being depression in my example) is a bad thing that brings unwanted attention and makes you explain why you behave how you do, but you still can't let go because it's something that you've had or "been friends with" for years, and it's a part of you.
Sometimes you want to get rid of it because you think you'd be better off, but you end up just falling back into it. One of the lines, "And it's not that I'm letting go of you, But I don't know what to do" Reminds me of when I first started getting help because I just didn't know how to deal with it.
The last lines of the song especially speak to me, and they make me think of when people tell you "just be happy" or "don't be so gloomy". You can't let it go because it's al you know how to feel. That's all you know.
I might've perceived it totally wrong, but this is how I personally connect to the song, it makes me think of my relationship with my "skeleton".