This song has always seemed to me to be about becoming disillusioned with a world that occupies itself with facades ("it seemed to me, makeup on their faces, actors took their places next to me"). Eventually, you realize that you've been accepting things much too easily: "Have I been blind? Have I been lost inside myself and my own mind, hypnotized, mesmerized, by what my eyes have seen?" There's a sense of trying to navigate the bizarreness all around, looking for truth. Such vivid lyrics, and the music is so moody and evocative. This song owns; I love it to pieces. <3 I've adopted it as a theme song of sorts, as geeky as that sounds. XD
I think Kei's is a defensible interpretation, but I come away with less of a sense that the 'world is a stage' where all is superficial when I hear this song. I think as opposed to emphasizing the world's 'facade', she is trying to emphasize the tendency of each individual person to be ego-centric in their personal interpretations of the world.
I think Kei's is a defensible interpretation, but I come away with less of a sense that the 'world is a stage' where all is superficial when I hear this song. I think as opposed to emphasizing the world's 'facade', she is trying to emphasize the tendency of each individual person to be ego-centric in their personal interpretations of the world.
I grant that the lyric "Hypnotized, mesmerized by what my eyes have seen?" seems to imply the 'superficial' interpretations, but lyrics like "Have I been lost inside my self and my own mind?", along with "scarlet welcome carpet/they just...
I grant that the lyric "Hypnotized, mesmerized by what my eyes have seen?" seems to imply the 'superficial' interpretations, but lyrics like "Have I been lost inside my self and my own mind?", along with "scarlet welcome carpet/they just rolled out for me" and "actors took their/ places next to me" could be interpreted not as relating to a facade, but a preoccupation with oneself as opposed to others or the world without one's own mind. Hence other people being referred to as actors instead of people, etc.
This song has always seemed to me to be about becoming disillusioned with a world that occupies itself with facades ("it seemed to me, makeup on their faces, actors took their places next to me"). Eventually, you realize that you've been accepting things much too easily: "Have I been blind? Have I been lost inside myself and my own mind, hypnotized, mesmerized, by what my eyes have seen?" There's a sense of trying to navigate the bizarreness all around, looking for truth. Such vivid lyrics, and the music is so moody and evocative. This song owns; I love it to pieces. <3 I've adopted it as a theme song of sorts, as geeky as that sounds. XD
I think Kei's is a defensible interpretation, but I come away with less of a sense that the 'world is a stage' where all is superficial when I hear this song. I think as opposed to emphasizing the world's 'facade', she is trying to emphasize the tendency of each individual person to be ego-centric in their personal interpretations of the world.
I think Kei's is a defensible interpretation, but I come away with less of a sense that the 'world is a stage' where all is superficial when I hear this song. I think as opposed to emphasizing the world's 'facade', she is trying to emphasize the tendency of each individual person to be ego-centric in their personal interpretations of the world.
I grant that the lyric "Hypnotized, mesmerized by what my eyes have seen?" seems to imply the 'superficial' interpretations, but lyrics like "Have I been lost inside my self and my own mind?", along with "scarlet welcome carpet/they just...
I grant that the lyric "Hypnotized, mesmerized by what my eyes have seen?" seems to imply the 'superficial' interpretations, but lyrics like "Have I been lost inside my self and my own mind?", along with "scarlet welcome carpet/they just rolled out for me" and "actors took their/ places next to me" could be interpreted not as relating to a facade, but a preoccupation with oneself as opposed to others or the world without one's own mind. Hence other people being referred to as actors instead of people, etc.