Sober Lyrics

this is actually a reply to Foldit:- I interpret the song EXACTLY as you can, only im going to take a guess that im a good few years younger than you, cause i can see my whole life in this song RIGHT NOW, im still in my youth.. The night calling, and me falling, its my life now.. Im ****g it up completly, im in the middle of my graduation exams, and i spent the day down the park drinking with other friends who have the time to cause they arent going through the graduation exams, all my friends that are were at home studying.. and all i want to do is 'find the you {me} that you {I} once had' - only ive never had it, because ive always been like this since it was leagal to drink and party where i live (the age is 16, but you get served from 13-14 onwards) but its nice to know that i may not turn out to be a ****-up, from reading this forum im not the only one - and I hope your baby-sister got through it all okay too..

I can see almost all of you interpret this song in a different way than I do. I think it's an awesome song, but it's also really sad. I can read a lot of my youth and especially my baby sister's youth into it. Of course it's only my interpretation and it might be totally off. As I read it, the song is about insecurity, need for acknowledgment and a feeling that life around you p****es much quicker than you can keep up. Alcohol and ****s (i.e. party life) keep you up high in the absence of what you actually would have needed to keep you up, to keep you feeling good. However, eventually that "party's over". As you go there's no pain, you have protection. But, when it's over - how do you obtain the same thing - how do you feel good sober? Under influence yo're safe, up high and nothing can touch you. At the same time you know that the times of doing what yo're doing is over. But how can you leave it and still feel good? How do you feel as good Sober? Of course I'm just a random guy, but that's what the song means to me