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Yes it looks back on his life and career. The contrast between his incredible success as an artist and his very lonely and unhappy personal life. I mean all of this stuff actually happened, just being alone all the time, and him writing a suicide note. Obviously the real change was a gradual process that culminated in him coming out (it would never have been so difficult for him if he weren't gay), but for the video they made it a bit cheesier with the dog. I think it works well, lightens the mood a bit. Especially cause the chorus of the song expresses hope and a commitment to be better.
Translated lyrics
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I apologize to those I have betrayed… and my enemies can **** off
whether I win or lose, it’s always the same ****
and it doesn’t matter how many people I’ve seen, how many I’ve met
this life has conquered me and I have conquered it
“this life”, my mother said, “son, you have to live it
this life doesn’t look you in the face, at the most it spits in it”
I wipe myself and that’s it, with my jacket’s sleeve
and when somebody crushes you, you have to be the first to attack
but I’ve never done it, I’ve always taken the blows
always pissed off, until I’m out of breath
the end will come, but it won’t be the end
and like always waiting and standing in a thousand lines
with your number in hand and a close-up on you
like a good movie that unfortunately no one will watch
I don’t know who I am and I am afraid to find out
I look at my face in the mirror but I wouldn’t know how to draw it
the way I talk to you, I have been talking forever about my same old life
I can’t recount it again, it’s too huge of an effort
I would like for today to become tomorrow in an instant
in order to start over, to upset all of my plans
because it will be better and I will be better
like a good movie that leaves everyone speechless
I would like for today to become tomorrow in an instant
in order to start over, to upset all of my plans
because it will be better and I will be better
like a good movie that leaves everyone speechless
it doesn’t seem real to me and it never seemed to be
easy, sweet, because bitter like the past
all of this has changed me
and maybe I let my best years be stolen from me
by my paranoia and a thousand mistakes
I admit I’m strange, and I have more than one flaw
but someone up there looked at me and told me:
“I’m saving you this time, like I did the last time”
there are so many things I’d like to do, but then I stay motionless
I look at life in photographs and another winter has already come
I never make a change about this, I always ruin everything
if I have let you all down, apologizing won’t serve to anything
I would like for today to become tomorrow in an instant
in order to start over, to upset all of my plans
because it will be better and I will be better
like a good movie that leaves everyone speechless
I would like for today to become tomorrow in an instant
in order to start over, to upset all of my plans
because it will be better and I will be better
like a good movie that leaves everyone speechless
…tomorrow in an instant
in order to start over, to upset all of my plans
because it will be better and I will be better
like a good movie that leaves everyone speechless
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Actually I love the Killer video too (also directed by him) despite its simplicity. 
I can't even make gifs yet, have to wait for the iTunes version which will be a bit better. 
Luckily certifications tell me otherwise 
