The Everchanging Spectrum of a Lie

Fantastic song on a fantastic album.

This is just my interpretation, but I feel like the song is about a girl who is going through her years in superficial friendships without actually feeling what it is to have a real bond with another human being. These superficial friendships are filled with petty conflicts which she discusses with her friends, who also get too involved in her drama, trying to 'mediate'. These are not really much of friends, but they all act behave in a similar manner to the subject girl.

When she tries to have a meaningful relationship with a human being, she looks for someone lonely, who surely will not pass up the chance to have a friend. This backfires, as she still cannot actually share herself with the person because they aren't really friends based on anything concrete. The lonely person is just happy to have someone to call a friend, while the subject girl is not genuinely satisfied. The girl cannot make friends for the right reasons.

All throughout this song, she can't find anyone who actually cares about her, so she feels that 'nothing outside will care enough', leaving herself to care about herself.

She can't figure it out, though. She keeps trying to do the same thing, hoping it will succeed in making her actual friends. This won't ever work, though, so she tries to find love. However, even this is superficial and fake, as she hasn't figured out how to actually relate to another human being on a deep level. When she can't get things right and keeps getting left behind by guys she tries to love, she can't see why none of them see her as good enough. In reality, she needs to see herself for whom she really is and show that to people. They can't just see it.

She can't just show herself, because it makes her seem weak and exposes her to the trivial drama she believes will continue with everyone, when in reality, it shouldn't if she finds real friends. She tries to pretend she is not affected by human needs, hence the "forget you're born" part.

Themes about the nature of love and relationships are pretty common with this group. I wish I knew more about their story, cause watching them perform together there's something pretty beautiful between them, whatever it is.

I don't think snake is off the mark, their interpretation fits. I don't think the lyrics are specific enough for us to know exactly what she means but the overarching theme is pretty straightforward and can be applied to our own lives.

Love will not heal you. Only you can heal yourself. We sidestep our issues, feigning that everything is alright because we are "in love". And we want our lovers to magically be fixed because of our love for them. That's not to say friendships or romance can't help us get ourselves together, but I think this song is especially applicable to codependent relationships.

I see it as if she is explaining to someone hesitant of starting a relationship with her that she understands all of this - "Can't you see I'm good"? That said, it would also make sense to interpret that line as something along the lines of "I'm in love, therefore everything is good". Like most good songs there's many ways of finding meaning in it.

Great song. I think it is about Casey Anthony.