This song is about someone suffering from dissociate and/or personality disorders (borderline, narcissistic, avoidiant), depersonalization, and so on.
For example, the black or white analogy refers to splitting (idealization and devaluation). People who tend to suffer from this tend to put the people in their lives on pedestals because of their dependence on these people to make themselves feel good. When they feel betrayed (which happens often and easily, like having 3rd degree emotional burns), they turn on those people and view them as the enemy.
I can explain further sometime. Adam Duritz helped a lot of people out writing this song, I am sure.
I found many of these responses to be hilarious.
This song is about someone suffering from dissociate and/or personality disorders (borderline, narcissistic, avoidiant), depersonalization, and so on.
For example, the black or white analogy refers to splitting (idealization and devaluation). People who tend to suffer from this tend to put the people in their lives on pedestals because of their dependence on these people to make themselves feel good. When they feel betrayed (which happens often and easily, like having 3rd degree emotional burns), they turn on those people and view them as the enemy.
I can explain further sometime. Adam Duritz helped a lot of people out writing this song, I am sure.