The reference to chewing through ropes and being eaten by a carnivore suggests he feels specifically like prey - weak, helpless, victimized and definitely unheard, worthless. In human terms "never [good] enough".
There's no sense of self-pity, though. He recognizes that this hounding by the enemy (society, father-figure, whatever) isn't because he IS worthless, it's just what the enemy has tried to teach him since childhood ("Silly boy!")
But there's a lot of power in the lyrics (derived from anger) so he's fighting back. But he doesn't want to escape the ropes, he wants to be devoured and reborn into something completely new. ("Change me... Take away everything I am.")
The reference to chewing through ropes and being eaten by a carnivore suggests he feels specifically like prey - weak, helpless, victimized and definitely unheard, worthless. In human terms "never [good] enough".
There's no sense of self-pity, though. He recognizes that this hounding by the enemy (society, father-figure, whatever) isn't because he IS worthless, it's just what the enemy has tried to teach him since childhood ("Silly boy!")
But there's a lot of power in the lyrics (derived from anger) so he's fighting back. But he doesn't want to escape the ropes, he wants to be devoured and reborn into something completely new. ("Change me... Take away everything I am.")