To me this is a duet between the protagonist (an addict) and his lover (real or imaginary).
"Oh baby
Oh baby
You're having a bad dream
Here in my arms
Oh sugar
You came to me
Could all be a bad thing
Doing harm "
This is the lover speaking. She's cradling the protagonist in her arms as he's suffering from a bad trip (possibly a psychedelic/hallucinogen or some other harder drug, or possibly an instance of self-harm).
"Oh oh oh
Oh lover
You run from me
We move like a bad scene
Shot in the dark"
This is the protagonist narrating an instance (either real, or imagined, or in a dream) where he's trying to keep his lover close but she keeps leaving the toxic relationship due to his addiction or self-harm issues.
"Oh but please
Please wake me
For my love lies patiently
Please baby please
And my love life waits for me"
This is the narrator suffering in the present moment from a bad trip, wanting to end it but can't. He imagines or remembers his lover who would have stayed with him if he was sober. Perhaps she even promised him she would be in a relationship with him again if he was clean.
"Oh love
You came to me
Are you having a bad time?
There in your home
Oh sugar
Give in to me
You're just having a bad dream
Of ringing alarms"
This is the lover (as imagined by the protagonist) comforting him again during his bad trip (complete with ringing in his ears).
"Oh but please
Please shake me from my lovesick patient dream
Please baby please
And my love plays wait and see"
This is the narrator who again wants to get out of his bad trip and return to his lover sober.
"Oh I'm on my knees, yeah
I'm on my knees
I promise I'm clean
And my love life waits"
The narrator is begging to end his trip and begging his lover to accept him as a clean/sober individual.
"And you're already gone
Yeah, you're already gone
We are already home
And my love life stumbles on"
The narrator realizes his lover has already left him (for good?) and he has no one in his life to love, so he just stumbles from one insignificant social encounter to another.
"Oh baby
Lean into me
There's always a side door
Into the dark
Into the dark, shh"
The narrator imagines his lover again, during his bad trip, comforting him and telling him that he can escape the agony another way. The "side door" isn't real, just like his lover isn't real. The narrator is aware of this, he's aware that he is lying to himself to cope with his shitty existence. But it's all he can do.
To me this is a duet between the protagonist (an addict) and his lover (real or imaginary).
"Oh baby Oh baby You're having a bad dream Here in my arms
Oh sugar You came to me Could all be a bad thing Doing harm "
This is the lover speaking. She's cradling the protagonist in her arms as he's suffering from a bad trip (possibly a psychedelic/hallucinogen or some other harder drug, or possibly an instance of self-harm).
"Oh oh oh
Oh lover You run from me We move like a bad scene Shot in the dark"
This is the protagonist narrating an instance (either real, or imagined, or in a dream) where he's trying to keep his lover close but she keeps leaving the toxic relationship due to his addiction or self-harm issues.
"Oh but please Please wake me For my love lies patiently Please baby please And my love life waits for me"
This is the narrator suffering in the present moment from a bad trip, wanting to end it but can't. He imagines or remembers his lover who would have stayed with him if he was sober. Perhaps she even promised him she would be in a relationship with him again if he was clean.
"Oh love You came to me Are you having a bad time? There in your home
Oh sugar Give in to me You're just having a bad dream Of ringing alarms"
This is the lover (as imagined by the protagonist) comforting him again during his bad trip (complete with ringing in his ears).
"Oh but please Please shake me from my lovesick patient dream Please baby please And my love plays wait and see"
This is the narrator who again wants to get out of his bad trip and return to his lover sober.
"Oh I'm on my knees, yeah I'm on my knees I promise I'm clean And my love life waits"
The narrator is begging to end his trip and begging his lover to accept him as a clean/sober individual.
"And you're already gone Yeah, you're already gone We are already home And my love life stumbles on"
The narrator realizes his lover has already left him (for good?) and he has no one in his life to love, so he just stumbles from one insignificant social encounter to another.
"Oh baby Lean into me There's always a side door Into the dark Into the dark, shh"
The narrator imagines his lover again, during his bad trip, comforting him and telling him that he can escape the agony another way. The "side door" isn't real, just like his lover isn't real. The narrator is aware of this, he's aware that he is lying to himself to cope with his shitty existence. But it's all he can do.