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Hey, haven't seen you around in a while
Hey, haven't seen you around in a while
Hey, haven't seen you around in a while
Hey, haven't seen you around in a while
I didn't go to work for a month
I didn't leave my bed for eight days straight
I haven't hung out with anyone
Because if I did, I'd have nothing to say
I didn't feel angry or depressed
I didn't feel anything at all
I didn't want to go to bed
And I didn't want to stay up late
When you're living your life, well, that's the price you pay
Whenever I breathe out, you're breathing it in
Whenever I speak out, you take it all in
Whenever I breathe out, you're breathing it in
Whenever I speak out, you take it all in
Your feelings are positive, negative, positive, negative
I'm feeling this positive, negative, positive, negative
The seasons are positive, negative, positive, negative
Whenever I breathe out, you're breathing it in
Whenever I speak out, you take it all in
Whenever I breathe out, you're breathing it in
Whenever I speak out, you take it all in
I didn't go to work for a month
I didn't leave my bed for eight days straight
I haven't hung out with anyone
Because if I did, I'd have nothing to say
Hey, haven't seen you around in a while
Hey, haven't seen you around in a while
Hey, haven't seen you around in a while
I didn't go to work for a month
I didn't leave my bed for eight days straight
I haven't hung out with anyone
Because if I did, I'd have nothing to say
I didn't feel angry or depressed
I didn't feel anything at all
I didn't want to go to bed
And I didn't want to stay up late
When you're living your life, well, that's the price you pay
Whenever I breathe out, you're breathing it in
Whenever I speak out, you take it all in
Whenever I breathe out, you're breathing it in
Whenever I speak out, you take it all in
Your feelings are positive, negative, positive, negative
I'm feeling this positive, negative, positive, negative
The seasons are positive, negative, positive, negative
Whenever I breathe out, you're breathing it in
Whenever I speak out, you take it all in
Whenever I breathe out, you're breathing it in
Whenever I speak out, you take it all in
I didn't go to work for a month
I didn't leave my bed for eight days straight
I haven't hung out with anyone
Because if I did, I'd have nothing to say
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The second and third paragraph is written in past tense and thus the protagonist looks back on a recent period of his life where he's suffered from some sort of depression, numbness, absence of feelings, whatever. The point is, that the first paragraph, written in present tense, represents his friends, colleagues, family, whatever, seeing the protagonist for the first time in a long time; for me, this shows that he's now over this negative part of his life and can now begin another positive part of it.
Notice my choice of words: This is not the first time that his life's been negative nor positive, thus the lines: "When you're living your life, well, that's the price you pay." + "I'm feeling this positive/negative, positive/negative."
The main point of the song is essentially that life, as well as anything else, goes up and down; it's positive/negative, and that's just how it is.
My test of good music is that whether you'd want to listen to it, say at something like 4am instead of just pull up and sleep. Only few pass it. MM being one of them.
"I didnt wana go to bed
and I didnt wanna stay awake"
I sometimes feel that. But never felt it'd make for such a powerful line.
In fact, I think it makes the song. You think it's poor. I have no idea why.
Whenever I breathe out, you're breathing it in
Whenever I speak out, you're speaking out
I'm feeling this positive/negative, positive/negative
*Correction*
In the first part of the song when he says "Hey, Haven't seen you around in a while" he is talking about the "depression" he is having. I put quotations on depression because i believe depression is something different than what popular opinion believes. It's a numb, emotionless feeling. You're emotions are depressed. So when he says "I didn't feel angry or depressed" he's saying he's not here or there, he's not up or down, he stuck in a blank middle.. positive negative positive negative.
also, he could be anxious and he doesn't know why? The feeling of "I should be doing something.. but i don't know what or i'm not interested enough". He's bored and disappointed with life.
The lyrics "When you're living your life, well, that's the price you pay
Whenever I breathe out, you're breathing it in
Whenever I speak out, you're speaking out" I interpret that as "There's not much to this existence. I do the same shit, you do the same shit. I'm breathing it out and you're breathing it in. I'm speaking out but so are you. I'm not significant and neither are you."
whew! done. I hope someone has the patience to read this and tell me what they think.