The song has hidden drug meanings like most songs of I's time. First, who is usually UP at 2 AM. In a Hotel Room? Drug Users. He is Waiting the gun is still warm: he just shot up and is waiting for his high to kick in. Maybe my connection is tired of taken chances, Yeah there's a storm on the loose sirens in my head, I'm wrapped up in silence all circuits are dead. I cannot decode. He is trying to reach his connection on the phone, and he can not reach them and because he knows damn well he has been cheated, his last fix was no good. He can not decode: he can not figure out what to do. Yeah there's a storm on the loose sirens in my head, Help I'm steppin' into the twilight zone, This is a madhouse. Feels like being cloned he is going craze because he can not reach his connection for another fix, it feels like there is two of him "Being Cloned". The hit man is his drug dealer, his connection. When the Bullet hits the Bone, refers to when he inject his drugs. The bullet being the needle with drugs in it. Hitting the bone meaning when he injects. Where am I to go now that my Beacon has been moved, Now that I have gone to far. Meaning he is far away from his usual connections and does not know where to go or who to call for more drugs. Soon you will come to know When the bullet hits the bone: he will soon enough get his next fix and if it is any good. This is not a song about spies, real hit men etc.. Hate to bust any bubbles but that's the facts jack. It is all in first person because out on the road doing concerts, if a band has traveled out of its usual area and they are trying to get a drug fix, they can run into some problems if they can't get a hold of any drugs.