yep. You got it.

People may refer to themselves "falling apart" if they feel really bad and the whole world seem to unravel. Falling apart at the seams just makes it a bit more poetic, I guess.

Auseinander fallen im Gegensatz zu sich zusammennehmen. Also wörtlich: an den Nähten auseinanderfallen. Zusammenbrechen.


And since the title is Bad Seamstress Blues, the line relates it a bit more to the seamstress