Makes me believe that she was trying to fight off her depression and suicidal thoughts but it was hard and she was struggling. In the music video when these lyrics are being said, it shows the girl is getting deeper and deeper into depression, It also shows in the video, the girl was dragged into the basement. I believe this is a metaphor, as the basement is her depression and when she was dragged into the basement she was dragged by her demons, and she was lost to her depression. People today who are depressed feel like they don't have a voice or that nobody understands them. I also believe that when the lyrics, “How come no one heard her when she said Maybe I'm better off dead” are being said it's telling that the girl is hesitant to commit suicide, but the girl wants relief from the voices and pain. Like the lyrics say, “If I was would it finally be enough To shut out all those voices in my head?”. She wants the voices gone. For example, by the end of the song, it shows her running up the stairs fighting her depression and suicidal
Makes me believe that she was trying to fight off her depression and suicidal thoughts but it was hard and she was struggling. In the music video when these lyrics are being said, it shows the girl is getting deeper and deeper into depression, It also shows in the video, the girl was dragged into the basement. I believe this is a metaphor, as the basement is her depression and when she was dragged into the basement she was dragged by her demons, and she was lost to her depression. People today who are depressed feel like they don't have a voice or that nobody understands them. I also believe that when the lyrics, “How come no one heard her when she said Maybe I'm better off dead” are being said it's telling that the girl is hesitant to commit suicide, but the girl wants relief from the voices and pain. Like the lyrics say, “If I was would it finally be enough To shut out all those voices in my head?”. She wants the voices gone. For example, by the end of the song, it shows her running up the stairs fighting her depression and suicidal