i believe this song is about 4 different people that are tied together in the end, in that they are all beginning to feel alone and seperated from something. In the first verse, they are feeling alone because they never reached the stardom or fame they so desired. In the second the person is beginning to feel disillusioned with god and religion. In the third the person feels like they have been wasting their life, and they're wishing they had done more with their life. In the fourth the person is out of control and they've "gotten off the beaten path", so to speak and now they feel like they need to do something because thats what everyone else is doing. And all the while B.B. King's sample of "how blue can you get" (the down-hearted part) is more or less saying that they're all lost now because they known what to do all along, but they haven't done done it.
i believe this song is about 4 different people that are tied together in the end, in that they are all beginning to feel alone and seperated from something. In the first verse, they are feeling alone because they never reached the stardom or fame they so desired. In the second the person is beginning to feel disillusioned with god and religion. In the third the person feels like they have been wasting their life, and they're wishing they had done more with their life. In the fourth the person is out of control and they've "gotten off the beaten path", so to speak and now they feel like they need to do something because thats what everyone else is doing. And all the while B.B. King's sample of "how blue can you get" (the down-hearted part) is more or less saying that they're all lost now because they known what to do all along, but they haven't done done it.