I really like this sound of him.

Don't you just wish he'd go a little bit mental again, and just start swearing and stuff?

I like both songs, but he was so much better when he'd write something like:

It's all a bunch of shit and there's nothing to do around here.
It's totally fucked.
I'm totally fucked.

than

And I, I taught myself how to grow
Without any love and there was poison in the rain
I taught myself how to grow
Now I'm crooked on the outside, and the inside's broke