I'm going to make a completely different analysis about what this song is about. I look at it as man who is trying to fit into a world that won't change. He is a down to earth man trying to fit into a world that relies on media and propaganda, but overlooks what is right and just. Furthermore, the world is getting worse and not subject to change their actions. This man must either comply to the world or be alone in solitude with his own beliefs.
"Some nights I stay up cashing in my bad luck" indicates his lifestyle from the start, though "cashing in" indicates that he wants to remain in his "bad luck" because he doesn't want to be anyone other than himself, no matter what the world urges.
"Some nights I wish my lips could build a castle, some nights I wish they could just fall off" indicates the two-faced world he must live in. Often he wishes to comply to worldly affairs for better luck, while other times he wants to remain himself, as that is who he is. He has this internal battle within himself where he cannot figure out his decisions or himself (thus the relevance to war indirectly).
"But I still wake up, still see your ghost" indicates that he is willing to live to bring back what the world used to be without all the media-driven propaganda and hostility that fulfills the world today.
"I was never one to believe the hype, Save that for the black and white I try twice as hard and I'm half as liked, But here they come again to jack my style." This is one of the most relevant passages of the song within this given analysis. The man is "not one to believe in hype" which indicates that he doesn't believe in the media or propaganda around him. "Save that for the black and white" indicates the people of the world around him which he distances himself from, and the same people who follow the media and propaganda because they believe it will provide them a better life. "I try twice as hard, but I'm half as liked" indicates the man's willingness to change, but the world continuing to ignore his changes for a better place. "But here they come again to jack my style" indicates the people who follow worldly affairs are taking over those who believe in themselves and ignore the media, thus destroying individuality.
"That's alright, I found a martyr in my bed tonight" is the man's recognition of someone who died for their individuality and fought against the media and propaganda which is currently spoiling the earth. The man is considering himself as better off because he has not been dead, but remaining alive would mean complying to the worldly affairs.
The whole song is a constant battle of the man's individuality and the man's willingness to comply to worldly affairs. He doesn't want to lose recognition as himself, but he is afraid to die as a martyr. Throughout the song he contemplates what he should do, but there is no right answer. You must die for your own rights, or give into something you don't believe in. If he fails to choose a side, he remains in solitude, where he is now. Many other lyrics indicate this.
"The other night, you wouldn't believe the dream I just had about you and me" is the man imagining a utopian world, one free from all the media, propaganda, and sadness that currently surrounds his regular lifestyle.
The whole song works as a monologue into a man's thoughts on how he can keep his own individuality while remaining in a world that fosters everyone being the same.
I'm going to make a completely different analysis about what this song is about. I look at it as man who is trying to fit into a world that won't change. He is a down to earth man trying to fit into a world that relies on media and propaganda, but overlooks what is right and just. Furthermore, the world is getting worse and not subject to change their actions. This man must either comply to the world or be alone in solitude with his own beliefs.
"Some nights I stay up cashing in my bad luck" indicates his lifestyle from the start, though "cashing in" indicates that he wants to remain in his "bad luck" because he doesn't want to be anyone other than himself, no matter what the world urges.
"Some nights I wish my lips could build a castle, some nights I wish they could just fall off" indicates the two-faced world he must live in. Often he wishes to comply to worldly affairs for better luck, while other times he wants to remain himself, as that is who he is. He has this internal battle within himself where he cannot figure out his decisions or himself (thus the relevance to war indirectly).
"But I still wake up, still see your ghost" indicates that he is willing to live to bring back what the world used to be without all the media-driven propaganda and hostility that fulfills the world today.
"I was never one to believe the hype, Save that for the black and white I try twice as hard and I'm half as liked, But here they come again to jack my style." This is one of the most relevant passages of the song within this given analysis. The man is "not one to believe in hype" which indicates that he doesn't believe in the media or propaganda around him. "Save that for the black and white" indicates the people of the world around him which he distances himself from, and the same people who follow the media and propaganda because they believe it will provide them a better life. "I try twice as hard, but I'm half as liked" indicates the man's willingness to change, but the world continuing to ignore his changes for a better place. "But here they come again to jack my style" indicates the people who follow worldly affairs are taking over those who believe in themselves and ignore the media, thus destroying individuality.
"That's alright, I found a martyr in my bed tonight" is the man's recognition of someone who died for their individuality and fought against the media and propaganda which is currently spoiling the earth. The man is considering himself as better off because he has not been dead, but remaining alive would mean complying to the worldly affairs.
The whole song is a constant battle of the man's individuality and the man's willingness to comply to worldly affairs. He doesn't want to lose recognition as himself, but he is afraid to die as a martyr. Throughout the song he contemplates what he should do, but there is no right answer. You must die for your own rights, or give into something you don't believe in. If he fails to choose a side, he remains in solitude, where he is now. Many other lyrics indicate this.
"The other night, you wouldn't believe the dream I just had about you and me" is the man imagining a utopian world, one free from all the media, propaganda, and sadness that currently surrounds his regular lifestyle.
The whole song works as a monologue into a man's thoughts on how he can keep his own individuality while remaining in a world that fosters everyone being the same.