Get to a meditative state with a heart rate doing me in
Think about everything
The scorched ground in my wake
Five miles to self-flagellate
Rotating all my mistakes
What the hell was I thinking?
Shaun and Rosie are getting married
I can't even tie my shoes
Will I be alone forever?
All these little feelings
Feelings are keeping me from going on
All these little feelings
Feelings are keeping me from going on
Jesus Christ, I'm piling on the pounds
Spent a year on the cans and blowouts
Emasculated by my reflection
Please, God, give me a new complexion
You don't look like you came out of a breakup
You look like you've come out the spa
Oh, a PlayStation, Nordics, nuggets, airstrikes
The only thing that I've got now
Shaun and Rosie are getting married
I can't even tie my shoes
Will I be alone forever?
All these little feelings
Feelings are keeping me from going on
All these little feelings
Feelings are keeping me from going on
All these little feelings
Feelings are keeping me from going on
All these little feelings
Feelings are keeping me from going on
All these little feelings
Feelings are keeping me from going on
All these little feelings
Feelings are keeping me from going on
Makna Lagu 'The Treadmill'
Lagu ini menggambarkan seseorang yang terjebak dalam kekacauan emosinya sendiri. Ia mencoba memperbaiki diri, tetapi justru makin tenggelam dalam rasa cemas, penyesalan, dan rendah diri. Di tengah usaha untuk “menata hidup”, ia terus memutar ulang kesalahan-kesalahan masa lalu.
Melihat teman-temannya melangkah maju dalam hidup membuatnya makin merasa tertinggal dan tidak cukup baik. Ia merasa fisik dan mentalnya berantakan, kehilangan arah setelah sebuah fase berat, dan dihantui ketakutan akan kesendirian. Semua perasaan kecil yang sepele tapi menumpuk, menjadi beban besar yang menahan langkahnya untuk terus maju.