WilyMo021 wrote:Not saying I believe it is a metaphor for drugs, but some things do line up. Here's what I thought:
-The drugs were there when he was at his lowest point, alone, (loss of Proof). That is when he seriously started abusing them and started to get fucked off them.
-The girl picks him up when he is alone.
-He realizes slowly that he is addicted to drugs, and they can kill him.
-He sees signs and slowly realizes that the girl is dangerous and can hurt him. (Used hurt instead of kill to go with the relationship thing, but you get the idea.)
-Drugs killed him, but really, can you blame it on the drugs? Nope, drug woman disappears and Em is the one at fault, because really its not the drugs, it was him abusing the drugs. His fault, so he holds the gun.
-(kind of a stretch) Coffee cup overflowing, drug overdosing.
-He gets a second chance in life. Undoubtedly he is going to run into the drugs, alcohol, and heroin again, so drug lady returns. He will be placed in the same situation of pressure, and now, it is up to him to decide what he wants to do in round two.
I'm sorry man, not gonna insult you or anything but, I think that's silly lmao.
I used to try and concoct these theories for
Recovery songs when it came out until I realized it's all a lot simpler, Em does not think like this. He's not that contrived or complex with ideas. He wouldn't layer metaphor upon metaphor and have a female and the situation all be symbols for addiction etc. lmao.
It's simple - it's a relationship song where he thinks his girlfriend is cheating, finds out that she is, so then kills her. And then kills himself out of guilt (hence looking at his hands in disbelief at what he's just done, to the woman he loved).
And there is no other reason to think it's anything else. He's never layered metaphors and symbolism to the degree you're suggesting before, and the song / video is what you see / what you get. There is no evidence or reason to think it's anything other than it seems.
People are just wishful and want to make Em's fairly simple music a lot more complex than it is now. To give him more credit lmao. But anything outside of its face-value is speculation / imaginary.
And you're making totally false and unsupported connections / basis' to support / create your theory. You can't just conclude that because Em was on his own when Proof died that him being on his own in a video is therefore a direct metaphor for that specific thing lmao. There's no evidence for that other than what's in your head. It's not reality.