i actually read somehwere this is a song about the fast-paced life and eventual death of River Phoenix or maybe even Kurt Cobain...remember, it was alleged (by Courtney Love, so it doesn't count for much) that Stipe and Cobain fucked a few times --> "i've played your lover"...basically, i think it's about someone changing due to the drugs they've done; about someone who grows apart from reality...i related, unfortunately b/c i'm at the other end of it
i actually read somehwere this is a song about the fast-paced life and eventual death of River Phoenix or maybe even Kurt Cobain...remember, it was alleged (by Courtney Love, so it doesn't count for much) that Stipe and Cobain fucked a few times --> "i've played your lover"...basically, i think it's about someone changing due to the drugs they've done; about someone who grows apart from reality...i related, unfortunately b/c i'm at the other end of it