Discover the story of the song > State of Slow Decay – In Flames

The protagonist feels like he's changing into someone else and is weighed down by something important. Everything around him is falling apart, and there's no going back. He realizes that the stories he's been told don't make sense, and they've led him to destroy things and himself. He wants to have faith, forgive, and forget, but he sees that it won't be enough to save him from the slow decay he's in.