I'm with John. I'll say it again. Many people can identify with suffering. But, what people want in music, at least in most music / songs is an escape from suffering, Three minutes of relief from the grind of life. They want honest lyrics that speak in a conversational tone that talk about or relate to them in a meaningful way. The pronouns and a focus on the listener of a song will help do that.
Writing is cathartic, (nothing wrong with writing for that purpose) and only a fool would deny that. But a song can and should be written that will have indentifiers and a totality in it that allows the listener to as he listens to fulfill the need for self reflection, catharsis or complete escapism from those things through the song in their own way.
That's what makes a song become a personal favorite to people. They feel it is personal not about other people.
(Just a guy trying to help.)