He reuses the verse melody from the previous album's "Dirty Little Religion", the topics of the verses are all over the place, and he packs too many words into one line (goes to show...) and too few in another (it's pretty hard to find), and rhymes "Henley Regatta" with "Persona non grata", but gets away with it all as only he could.
I am the speaker but what is responsibility?
This is beg of you, build me brick upon brick
High tides, waves of hypocrisy
I didn't think the clock struck more than twelve times
I decided to name her insomnia
"Her teeth (show) like white seeds in a scarlet fruit"
This I must tell you, old friend, fear beauty
This is meager, this is feeble
She was only a fiction and my creation
This is beg of you, build me brick upon brick
High tides, waves of hypocrisy
I didn't think the clock struck more than twelve times
I decided to name her insomnia
"Her teeth (show) like white seeds in a scarlet fruit"
This I must tell you, old friend, fear beauty
This is meager, this is feeble
She was only a fiction and my creation
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You're entire reply is erroneous as you failed to understand the basic premise of my argument. I'm not going to bother with explaining it to you because I feel that if by now it's not entirely clear to you, then there is no hope in paraphrasing it to help you understand it.
"The author has a meaning behind their art, but also wants it to mean different things to different people."
This may or may not be true. Artist express themselves and people are witnesses of their art. You cannot assume the artist even considers the audience in his work. Perhaps in some musical acts this would apply but I'm afraid the wording you chose to express your thought makes it incorrect in most situations. Why would TDWP quote someone else's words to convey a different message? Why not write an entirely new sentence? Logic or proper spelling and syntax are not your strong points. You're plenty fucking stupid though I'll give you that!