@yallRstupid I don't think it is Mike being sarcastic, but rather providing a social commentary on the subject matter of suicide. As @Tricky1979 commented ST have touched on many socially taboo subjects in their career.
I think the failure is perhaps a social commentary on that this is their call out for help. That is, they don't know how to ask for help so resort to suicide attempts (as they get attention, etc. etc. from these acts). It is not being sarcastic in the sense their problems are "small", but rather looking at why their suicides are failing ... it appears that they are intentionally not succeeding for a reason (and the only reason I could imagine is because they want help ... but no one is listening).
This sort of fits similar songs on this album such as Institutionalized where it explores issues of disconnection between different generations. This song seems to be exploring a similar disconnection.
@yallRstupid I don't think it is Mike being sarcastic, but rather providing a social commentary on the subject matter of suicide. As @Tricky1979 commented ST have touched on many socially taboo subjects in their career.
I think the failure is perhaps a social commentary on that this is their call out for help. That is, they don't know how to ask for help so resort to suicide attempts (as they get attention, etc. etc. from these acts). It is not being sarcastic in the sense their problems are "small", but rather looking at why their suicides are failing ... it appears that they are intentionally not succeeding for a reason (and the only reason I could imagine is because they want help ... but no one is listening).
This sort of fits similar songs on this album such as Institutionalized where it explores issues of disconnection between different generations. This song seems to be exploring a similar disconnection.