I think that the song meaning is about a final self dialogue with oneself, between the two aspects of owns character (maybe good vs bad choices). Probably the first person is the bad current part and the second person the good old part.
-Come by you have come far
He talks to the other part of himself, the good one, that although it was oppressed, a part of it still managed to survive till the current moment.
-All I had I lost in the flood
He has some remorse about what was lost when he decided to let the bad side of him rule over his life.
-Come sit with me at the bar
He is trying to reunite the two parts of himself that have so much diverted from each other.
-Tell me of progress strengthen my blood
At this point he may even be a bit ironic about the outcome of his choices and the choice to hold the bad part. The progress is what the choices led him to. And he is being sarcastic about choosing the bad self which should had made him hard, but he is still in desperation.
-No one here knows my name
Probably to let himself meet with the part of him that he left behind he is doing so in a place he used to be when he had taken that path of his life yet.
-I have traded my memories for things
Once he used to chose the good part of him, so whatever memories he had up to that point he left behind when he changed to become the bad him, so he can have more material goods.
-But I remember you clearly
But he still have the sensation of how his life was while being good
-Do you remember that I used to sing
He even remember some good things of this past, being evolved into noble things, as art, singing.
-Why have you waited so long
He wonders why it took so long for the good part of him to re-represent itself to him so he can remember and maybe revert to it.
-Come by you have come far
Stating the fact that it was so difficult for his old good part to be uncovered and resurfaced once more.
-Long since I saw you so how have you been
He is once more stating that he haven't been good for a long time now
-Come sit with me at the bar
He is trying in a last effort to reunite the pieces of himself
-How long since they told you that they had found him
Here is that the true meaning of the night starts to unravel. With him he referees to hiss material existence, his body. They have found him indicates that his body was found in a weird state. Probably dying.
-No one here knows my name
He makes clear that where the body was found he made sure for nobody to remember him. Maybe choosing a place from his older self made sure about that.
-I gave up my worries for one good thing
He revisits the thought about exchanging the memories he had from his good part for something material, or he even hints that the only good thing that being his bad part could be is the current moment (that he is probably dying).
-But I remember you clearly
Do you remember that I used to sing
He once more try to speak about how he was before all that changed.
-Was it because I never told you
I was going away
He probably speaks to the good part of himself that he left behind suddenly when he changed so he had no time to properly adjust for the change.
-That you waited so long
He thinks that the sudden change was the reason that his old good part stayed covered so well all this time.
-Was it because your fucking dreams
Meant nothing to me
That you waited so long
He also visits the thought that maybe some dreams that his old good self had were so violently murdered when he changed that he could not easily resurface. Or maybe the dreams he had at one point he though they could only be achieved by being his current bad self but then when he changed he saw that he did not care about them anymore.
-It runs from the top of my fingers
Into my hands
What is it I have been drinking
I do not understand
I thought I'd lost you my brother
I'm so glad you came
My regards to the ones that I love I miss them
Tell them I love them I miss them
Here is probably the other old good part of himself that talks, he is trying to understand why he feels the shivers all over the body, which probably come from some drug that the bad current self took to end his life (suicide). But as they share the material body he now, that he surfaced back can too feel it.
He wonders what is the poison he is drinking in a way showing his desperation about what his other part is doing to them...
And then as a last sentence before they are both gone as the body dies, he express his last wish, to tell the people that were left behind when he changed to the bad self, that the old one is missing them and loves them.
But they never have this time as then he dies immediately in the middle of this awakening.
I think that the song meaning is about a final self dialogue with oneself, between the two aspects of owns character (maybe good vs bad choices). Probably the first person is the bad current part and the second person the good old part.
-Come by you have come far
He talks to the other part of himself, the good one, that although it was oppressed, a part of it still managed to survive till the current moment.
-All I had I lost in the flood
He has some remorse about what was lost when he decided to let the bad side of him rule over his life.
-Come sit with me at the bar
He is trying to reunite the two parts of himself that have so much diverted from each other.
-Tell me of progress strengthen my blood
At this point he may even be a bit ironic about the outcome of his choices and the choice to hold the bad part. The progress is what the choices led him to. And he is being sarcastic about choosing the bad self which should had made him hard, but he is still in desperation.
-No one here knows my name
Probably to let himself meet with the part of him that he left behind he is doing so in a place he used to be when he had taken that path of his life yet.
-I have traded my memories for things
Once he used to chose the good part of him, so whatever memories he had up to that point he left behind when he changed to become the bad him, so he can have more material goods.
-But I remember you clearly
But he still have the sensation of how his life was while being good
-Do you remember that I used to sing
He even remember some good things of this past, being evolved into noble things, as art, singing.
-Why have you waited so long
He wonders why it took so long for the good part of him to re-represent itself to him so he can remember and maybe revert to it.
-Come by you have come far
Stating the fact that it was so difficult for his old good part to be uncovered and resurfaced once more.
-Long since I saw you so how have you been
He is once more stating that he haven't been good for a long time now
-Come sit with me at the bar
He is trying in a last effort to reunite the pieces of himself
-How long since they told you that they had found him
Here is that the true meaning of the night starts to unravel. With him he referees to hiss material existence, his body. They have found him indicates that his body was found in a weird state. Probably dying.
-No one here knows my name
He makes clear that where the body was found he made sure for nobody to remember him. Maybe choosing a place from his older self made sure about that.
-I gave up my worries for one good thing
He revisits the thought about exchanging the memories he had from his good part for something material, or he even hints that the only good thing that being his bad part could be is the current moment (that he is probably dying).
-But I remember you clearly Do you remember that I used to sing
He once more try to speak about how he was before all that changed.
-Was it because I never told you I was going away
He probably speaks to the good part of himself that he left behind suddenly when he changed so he had no time to properly adjust for the change.
-That you waited so long
He thinks that the sudden change was the reason that his old good part stayed covered so well all this time.
-Was it because your fucking dreams Meant nothing to me That you waited so long
He also visits the thought that maybe some dreams that his old good self had were so violently murdered when he changed that he could not easily resurface. Or maybe the dreams he had at one point he though they could only be achieved by being his current bad self but then when he changed he saw that he did not care about them anymore.
-It runs from the top of my fingers Into my hands What is it I have been drinking I do not understand I thought I'd lost you my brother I'm so glad you came My regards to the ones that I love I miss them Tell them I love them I miss them
Here is probably the other old good part of himself that talks, he is trying to understand why he feels the shivers all over the body, which probably come from some drug that the bad current self took to end his life (suicide). But as they share the material body he now, that he surfaced back can too feel it. He wonders what is the poison he is drinking in a way showing his desperation about what his other part is doing to them... And then as a last sentence before they are both gone as the body dies, he express his last wish, to tell the people that were left behind when he changed to the bad self, that the old one is missing them and loves them. But they never have this time as then he dies immediately in the middle of this awakening.