Response to Comments of My analysis of the Third Stanza

I received the comment: "How do you know the stains are covering up his his pain instead I saw the stains as covering up the person he originally was, and the feeling disappears, just him becoming complacent with his current situation."

This is a good point, the stains my just be covering up the person he once was rather than simply his pain.  I just like the whole image of time using a stain to cover something up in a persons' life.  Thanks for the idea.