Before I caught onto the whole Jesus of Suburbia IS St. Jimmy thing, I really thought this was about suicide.
I saw it as: the first bits were about the pain JoS felt in his life and wanting to escape from it. The draining the pressure was a metaphor for shooting himself (creating a hole to release the pressure like trepanning). The "Jimmy says it's better than air" didn't come across clearly for me and I always thought it said "Jimmy says it's better than here" and I thought maybe he thought SJ was speaking to him after having diedo or was alive, telling that it was better after death.
But once I caught onto the theme more, it became obvious that I wasn't right and the drug meaning was easier. But I still love my original interpretation.
Before I caught onto the whole Jesus of Suburbia IS St. Jimmy thing, I really thought this was about suicide. I saw it as: the first bits were about the pain JoS felt in his life and wanting to escape from it. The draining the pressure was a metaphor for shooting himself (creating a hole to release the pressure like trepanning). The "Jimmy says it's better than air" didn't come across clearly for me and I always thought it said "Jimmy says it's better than here" and I thought maybe he thought SJ was speaking to him after having diedo or was alive, telling that it was better after death.
But once I caught onto the theme more, it became obvious that I wasn't right and the drug meaning was easier. But I still love my original interpretation.