I believe this song is about a guy who is suffering from mental illness. I think he is down on himself, doesn't know what to do about it. Doesn't think people understand. He struggles back and forth on what he believes/feels, and how others perceive it. When he says, "Maybe I'm a different breed", I think he means he is different, and its ok. Then it says, "Maybe I should kill myself", I think he feels misunderstood, and he is questioning himself, and his mind at this point, and thinks it will all go away, if he ends it. "Maybe I should cry for help." He knows he needs help to deal with his illness, but is probably to paranoid to do so. So, he just keeps sailing on, in his own way. Another note that makes me think of mental illness, is where it trails off with, "la, la, la, la, la, la, la....
I believe this song is about a guy who is suffering from mental illness. I think he is down on himself, doesn't know what to do about it. Doesn't think people understand. He struggles back and forth on what he believes/feels, and how others perceive it. When he says, "Maybe I'm a different breed", I think he means he is different, and its ok. Then it says, "Maybe I should kill myself", I think he feels misunderstood, and he is questioning himself, and his mind at this point, and thinks it will all go away, if he ends it. "Maybe I should cry for help." He knows he needs help to deal with his illness, but is probably to paranoid to do so. So, he just keeps sailing on, in his own way. Another note that makes me think of mental illness, is where it trails off with, "la, la, la, la, la, la, la....