This song seemingly tackles the methods of deception those who manipulate others use to get victims to follow their demands, as well as diverting attention away from important issues. They'll also use it as a means to convince people to hate or kill others by pretending acts of terrorism were committed by the enemy when the acts themselves were done by the masters of control to promote discrimination and hate. It also reinforces the idea that these manipulative forces operate in various locations, infiltrating everyday life without detection, and propagate any and everywhere.
In general, it highlights the danger of hidden agendas, manipulation, and distraction, serving as a critique of those who exploit chaos and confusion to control and gain power, depicting a cautionary tale against falling into their traps. It encourages us to question the narratives presented to us and remain vigilant against manipulation in various parts of society.
Radiate simply, the candle is burning, so low for me
Generate me limply, can't seem to place your name, cherie
To rearrange all these thoughts in a moment is suicide
Come to a strange place, we'll talk over old times we never smile
Somebody called me Sebastian
Somebody called me Sebastian
Work out a rhyme, toss me the time, lay me, you're mine
And we all know, oh yeah!
Your Persian eyes sparkle; your lips, ruby blue, never speak a sound
And you, oh so gay, with Parisian demands, you can run-around
And your view of society screws up my mind like you'll never know
Lead me away, come inside, see my mind in kaleidoscope
Somebody called me Sebastian
Somebody called me Sebastian
Mangle my mind, love me sublime, do it in style,
So we all know, oh yeah!
You're not gonna run, babe, we only just begun, babe, to compromise
Slagged in a Bowery saloon, love's a story we'll serialize
Pale angel face; green eye-shadow, the glitter is outasight
No courtesan could begin to decipher your beam of light
Somebody called me Sebastian
Somebody called me Sebastian
Dance on my heart, laugh, swoop and dart, la-di-di-da,
Now we all know you, yeah!
Generate me limply, can't seem to place your name, cherie
To rearrange all these thoughts in a moment is suicide
Come to a strange place, we'll talk over old times we never smile
Somebody called me Sebastian
Somebody called me Sebastian
Work out a rhyme, toss me the time, lay me, you're mine
And we all know, oh yeah!
Your Persian eyes sparkle; your lips, ruby blue, never speak a sound
And you, oh so gay, with Parisian demands, you can run-around
And your view of society screws up my mind like you'll never know
Lead me away, come inside, see my mind in kaleidoscope
Somebody called me Sebastian
Somebody called me Sebastian
Mangle my mind, love me sublime, do it in style,
So we all know, oh yeah!
You're not gonna run, babe, we only just begun, babe, to compromise
Slagged in a Bowery saloon, love's a story we'll serialize
Pale angel face; green eye-shadow, the glitter is outasight
No courtesan could begin to decipher your beam of light
Somebody called me Sebastian
Somebody called me Sebastian
Dance on my heart, laugh, swoop and dart, la-di-di-da,
Now we all know you, yeah!
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I always thought the hook line came from Shakespeare's Twelfth Night, when Viola says "He named Sebastian. I my brother know yet living in my glass ..."
The premise of the play makes sense in comparison with what was happening insofar as gender identity and the sexual liberation of the glam rock movement. The rest of the lyrics seem to be predominantly word imagery, and I think so much is hinted at with the words "Lead me away, come inside, see my mind in kaleidoscope ..."
It's all very Bowiesque, for want of a lesser word.
I absolutely agree (the remembering) is gender crossing/-driven, which was a fashion in the early seventies with Bolan, Reed en Bowie going on, or of course, could be real.
I read in a literature book one time that Sebastian was once used as an alternate name for Lucifer or a lesser demon. I always thought it was a song about a solitary man who felt alone and condemned for what he was or what he stood for. Anyway you interpret it is one of the most beautiful songs I have ever heard.
It sounds like a love obsession leading to insanity
fuck you bingo, your a cunt, this song is genuis, great lyrics, great song. how come you came to this page if you hate the song so much? he says everything so truethfully, apart from i cant relate to the main lines, "somebody called sibastion" everything about it is genuis, you fucking ingnorant cunt
This song is so beautiful, poetic, disjointed, and HOT all at the same time. I agree, it's utterly genius and probably one of the best songs ever written.
Bingo! Please, do not write a word again. Your sensibility and degree of urban leverage equal those once belonging to the early stage cavemen.
"Harley seems to complain about his society-corrupted girlfriend in the lyrics, but what has that to do with being called Sebastian?"
I think the line "Somebody called me Sebastian" expresses his solitude from the world around him... or maybe he was just high when writing it.
Am I the only one who notices that Rubies are not Blue? and what does that mean?
I just read somewhere that the meaning of the name Sebastian is The Worshipped One, and apparently Steve enjoyed thinking of himself as such. So that could be a pretty good explenation, no?