What Rufus said in his website: "It’s about this guy. Behind every one of my records is some guy. And a lot of the lyrics are about him, but a few months after writing them, I realized they had nothing to do with this guy at all; the song is about knowing the end result of every situation you’re in, and being able to play it out in your mind and see it before it happens. It’s about addiction, really, about knowing how it’s all going to end up. In that sense, you’re watching a movie of yourself all the time – and then you want out of that movie."
What Rufus said in his website: "It’s about this guy. Behind every one of my records is some guy. And a lot of the lyrics are about him, but a few months after writing them, I realized they had nothing to do with this guy at all; the song is about knowing the end result of every situation you’re in, and being able to play it out in your mind and see it before it happens. It’s about addiction, really, about knowing how it’s all going to end up. In that sense, you’re watching a movie of yourself all the time – and then you want out of that movie."