I think it's Chris dealing with his fame and reminding people that he's human and as a human he is capable of dark clumsy stupid hurtful actions. It's easy to profess love and commitment to someone viewed as beyond ugliness but a love of value is a love that withstands those illusions. Being a pop icon, reduced to a caricature of one's self, is certainly an exagerated expression of this but we're all capable of (and susceptible to) this situation. This is poetry of a calibre almost unheard of in pop music. This is Octavio Paz set to a Beatles melody!
I think it's Chris dealing with his fame and reminding people that he's human and as a human he is capable of dark clumsy stupid hurtful actions. It's easy to profess love and commitment to someone viewed as beyond ugliness but a love of value is a love that withstands those illusions. Being a pop icon, reduced to a caricature of one's self, is certainly an exagerated expression of this but we're all capable of (and susceptible to) this situation. This is poetry of a calibre almost unheard of in pop music. This is Octavio Paz set to a Beatles melody!