Why Can't I Be You? Lyrics

Lyric discussion by planet_queen 

Cover art for Why Can't I Be You? lyrics by Cure, The

To me this song is either about someone who has an infatuation with someone else eg- thier girlfriend/boyfriend, or it is a mockery of someone who is infatuated with themselves and who thinks that everyone else wants to be just like them (like what beehaus said). The lines "everything you do is simply delicate, everything you do is quite angelicate- why can't I be you?" just seem to have and insincere/mocking feeling to them when Robert sings them. Maybe it's just me adding that though!