I love this song so much because it is so meaningful and true. The fact that it could be interpreted in your own way makes this song so great.
Andahh, I believe is right about what this song means. However, I have a slightly different twist.
He is singing about a girl who is faced with this identity battle. You go throughout your day showing your face and everybody knows your name. But to them you and everyone else are just names too. Nobody can see right through you and read your life story.
"Everybody knows your name,
But they don't know who you are,
But to them it's just the same.
Yeah, you're just another name."
He accepts that she wants to change her identity to being famous. He emphasizes "crown" as royalty...to be popular. However, this will never happen and popularity is only within herself.
"She said, "Fame will bring you down",
At least that's what she used to say.
Then I handed her another crown.
She said it would never be this way."
He tells her all the negative aspects of being popular with everyone that knows everything about you. All the responsibilities she would have to face-
"Yesterday she was a little girl
Pretending she was queen.
Didn't know it'd change the world.
Didn't know what this would mean."
Now he is telling the girl to just be herself, the way he likes her to be-
"Which mask will you wear today?
How 'bout the one with a pretty smile?
To you it's just another day
In a life you haven't lived in quite a while."
(this is my favorite part of the song)
Now I'm going back to the beginning of the song. It already summed up the whole story.
He is asking her if she learned a lesson from all of this. She has climbed up in ranks only to fall back with unhappiness.
"These clouds around you break your fall
As you came crashing to the ground.
Did you learn anything at all?
You climb back up to come back down."
I think this is as close as it gets. I'm open for different perspectives though...
I love this song so much because it is so meaningful and true. The fact that it could be interpreted in your own way makes this song so great.
Andahh, I believe is right about what this song means. However, I have a slightly different twist.
He is singing about a girl who is faced with this identity battle. You go throughout your day showing your face and everybody knows your name. But to them you and everyone else are just names too. Nobody can see right through you and read your life story. "Everybody knows your name, But they don't know who you are, But to them it's just the same. Yeah, you're just another name."
He accepts that she wants to change her identity to being famous. He emphasizes "crown" as royalty...to be popular. However, this will never happen and popularity is only within herself. "She said, "Fame will bring you down", At least that's what she used to say. Then I handed her another crown. She said it would never be this way."
He tells her all the negative aspects of being popular with everyone that knows everything about you. All the responsibilities she would have to face- "Yesterday she was a little girl Pretending she was queen. Didn't know it'd change the world. Didn't know what this would mean."
Now he is telling the girl to just be herself, the way he likes her to be- "Which mask will you wear today? How 'bout the one with a pretty smile? To you it's just another day In a life you haven't lived in quite a while." (this is my favorite part of the song)
Now I'm going back to the beginning of the song. It already summed up the whole story. He is asking her if she learned a lesson from all of this. She has climbed up in ranks only to fall back with unhappiness. "These clouds around you break your fall As you came crashing to the ground. Did you learn anything at all? You climb back up to come back down."
I think this is as close as it gets. I'm open for different perspectives though...