I think NishFets is right. King's Crossing would be a main attraction for junkies, right? The 'dominoes falling in a chain reaction' are the events in his life that he hasn't been in control of because of heroin.'The scraping subject' is another addict, probably the one that introduced him to heroin, or gave him good shit. 'The judge is on vinyl' may be code for, 'my reasons for destroying myself are pretty clear, if you've heard my music, so there's your excuse.' 'Decisions are final, and nobody gets a reprieve' is clearly talking about how suicide works. Not sure what the tidal wave metaphor is. It's pretty obvious that the third section is about the music industry. 'I've seen the movie, I know what happens' is interesting. I think he may be referencing the 1996 film, "Trainspotting." He's saying that he knows about what heroin can do, that the film is too alarmist, and that he doesn't care. At first I thought that the 'skinny santa' part was a nod at our favorite person, Charlie. But on second inspection, it appears to be a drug dealer. 'Open your parachute and grab your gun' seems to be a war reference. Like he feels that every day of working for the record company is a battle. This makes sense in relationship to 'read the part and return at five, it's a hell of a role, if you can keep it alive.' 'This is the place where time reverses' is very similar to "Riot Coming" (Time's running backwards from me and you). Maybe this is how it feels to be on heroin. At the same time, he is potentially pondering what it will be like after he dies. If he will be aware of what's going on, or have some degree of existence. In this fantasy realm, he pictures the other dead people in a morgue, and perhaps being autopsied. 'Don't let me get carried away' could be his frightened, helpless plea as they are wheeling him in to be cut open. It could also be his acknowledgement of the melodramatic nature of his fantasy. He doesn't want to become the caricature the record company is trying to turn him into.
I think NishFets is right. King's Crossing would be a main attraction for junkies, right? The 'dominoes falling in a chain reaction' are the events in his life that he hasn't been in control of because of heroin.'The scraping subject' is another addict, probably the one that introduced him to heroin, or gave him good shit. 'The judge is on vinyl' may be code for, 'my reasons for destroying myself are pretty clear, if you've heard my music, so there's your excuse.' 'Decisions are final, and nobody gets a reprieve' is clearly talking about how suicide works. Not sure what the tidal wave metaphor is. It's pretty obvious that the third section is about the music industry. 'I've seen the movie, I know what happens' is interesting. I think he may be referencing the 1996 film, "Trainspotting." He's saying that he knows about what heroin can do, that the film is too alarmist, and that he doesn't care. At first I thought that the 'skinny santa' part was a nod at our favorite person, Charlie. But on second inspection, it appears to be a drug dealer. 'Open your parachute and grab your gun' seems to be a war reference. Like he feels that every day of working for the record company is a battle. This makes sense in relationship to 'read the part and return at five, it's a hell of a role, if you can keep it alive.' 'This is the place where time reverses' is very similar to "Riot Coming" (Time's running backwards from me and you). Maybe this is how it feels to be on heroin. At the same time, he is potentially pondering what it will be like after he dies. If he will be aware of what's going on, or have some degree of existence. In this fantasy realm, he pictures the other dead people in a morgue, and perhaps being autopsied. 'Don't let me get carried away' could be his frightened, helpless plea as they are wheeling him in to be cut open. It could also be his acknowledgement of the melodramatic nature of his fantasy. He doesn't want to become the caricature the record company is trying to turn him into.