Dominic Black's speaker is weighed down by regret and a deep sense of being damaged. The opening wish to "turn back time" sets the tone: something has gone wrong, and the speaker would give anything to undo it. Hell, fire and ashes run through the poem, suggesting a painful past that still burns inside.
The speaker compares themselves to Frankenstein's monster and the child of Dracula, seeing themselves as something made by hurt and not fully human. Even kindness feels dangerous. Someone may wipe away tears or offer protection, but the speaker believes that seeing their "real self" would only bring rejection. Fire and ice battle within them, and even good news gets "burned" by unhappiness.
The ending is the rawest part. The speaker says they bleed when they cry, not from self-harm but from trying to "rip out my heart" to forget. The mood is dark, desperate and lonely, driven by a longing to begin again.