@SLRPP Your interpretation seems great, sure, but still I don't think we shouldn't "look too close" into the suicide thing. It actually shows the reasons, maybe the most common ones, young people (mainly) find to resort to suicide, and deep into such reasons we see our society is the responsible for it: beauty standards, the way society raises a boy to be a "man", the lack of a good relationship between parents and their kids etc.
Notice that most of it is about the pressure to "become someone", or about the expectations of others on us, which leads to the feelings of failure, impotence when these things aren't achieved.
As I read on YouTube comments for this song, it's interesting how they don't mean to blame the person thinking about suicide, on the contrary, they expose it all and sing that "penniless and nameless" isn't as important as each one of us are to those who care about us: they bring both perspectives to the song.
"Assisted suicide
She dreams about dying all the time
She told me she came so close
Filled up the bathtub and put on our first record"
This I found specially touching. I believe they're speaking to those who pretend not see what's right under their noses, like hearing someone saying "tonight I'm hanging myself" but still don't caring enough: "assisted suicide", calling us to be more sensitive about other's feelings and do not take anyone for granted.
@SLRPP Your interpretation seems great, sure, but still I don't think we shouldn't "look too close" into the suicide thing. It actually shows the reasons, maybe the most common ones, young people (mainly) find to resort to suicide, and deep into such reasons we see our society is the responsible for it: beauty standards, the way society raises a boy to be a "man", the lack of a good relationship between parents and their kids etc.
Notice that most of it is about the pressure to "become someone", or about the expectations of others on us, which leads to the feelings of failure, impotence when these things aren't achieved.
As I read on YouTube comments for this song, it's interesting how they don't mean to blame the person thinking about suicide, on the contrary, they expose it all and sing that "penniless and nameless" isn't as important as each one of us are to those who care about us: they bring both perspectives to the song.
"Assisted suicide She dreams about dying all the time She told me she came so close Filled up the bathtub and put on our first record"
This I found specially touching. I believe they're speaking to those who pretend not see what's right under their noses, like hearing someone saying "tonight I'm hanging myself" but still don't caring enough: "assisted suicide", calling us to be more sensitive about other's feelings and do not take anyone for granted.
"It's not painless She was a friend of mine, a friend of mine And we're not nameless, oh"
"It's not painless She was a friend of mine, a friend of mine And we're not nameless, oh"
The most beautiful part of the song.
The most beautiful part of the song.