He really was a pioneer in putting yourself within the music. He did not shy away from that fact at all as evidenced by this masterpiece.
A deep isolating apathy such as one feels in their life before they made enough to be comfortable. The pain, lack of sleep, hopelessness that can only held back by words such as, "It will be better one day."
I find myself just utterly mesmerized by the pure creativity and poetry that radiates from this album.