This song makes me thing of a rich millionaire playboy who doesn’t really have a job or does much with his life. He gets up late, doesn’t have much to do, idle phones his friends, hangs out, shops.
Also, he doesn’t seem to have many skills, and has always had other people and employees doing everything for him. He doesn’t drive because he has always had a chauffer and the line about reading means that he was also not outstanding in school.
And because of his money and privileged life he doesn’t feel the need to be like other people, to have a job and to do all of these things. He also feels like he can be himself and not have to act cool, I think that the line ‘But I don't like to compete, or talk street, street, street’ means exactly that.
The chorus is slightly different. I think that the entire song is addressed to his girlfriend, who he is emotionally distant from, and it’s an attempt to justify his lifestyle. In the chorus he is telling her that like all else in his life, she is also somewhat indifferent to him.
He then goes on describing his lifestyle further, reading the gossip tabloids, about not fitting in even at a young age (maybe this is a reference to homosexuality). I think that the expression ‘round head general’ is a reference to Napoleon Bonaparte. He next talks about his teenage years and fantasies of becoming a writer or actor and philosophers, personalities and music that influenced him.
The next line: ‘It's not a crime when you look the way you do
The way I like to picture you’ makes me think that his girl friend is good looking and that is the only reason why he is with her. Then he describes a little more of his day. I think that it is a very interesting detail he uses the word ‘look’ in stead or ‘read’ when he is using a book.
In the last part of the song he reveals that in fact he wishes his girlfriend to take charge and to help him give some direction to his meaningless life.
This song makes me thing of a rich millionaire playboy who doesn’t really have a job or does much with his life. He gets up late, doesn’t have much to do, idle phones his friends, hangs out, shops. Also, he doesn’t seem to have many skills, and has always had other people and employees doing everything for him. He doesn’t drive because he has always had a chauffer and the line about reading means that he was also not outstanding in school. And because of his money and privileged life he doesn’t feel the need to be like other people, to have a job and to do all of these things. He also feels like he can be himself and not have to act cool, I think that the line ‘But I don't like to compete, or talk street, street, street’ means exactly that. The chorus is slightly different. I think that the entire song is addressed to his girlfriend, who he is emotionally distant from, and it’s an attempt to justify his lifestyle. In the chorus he is telling her that like all else in his life, she is also somewhat indifferent to him. He then goes on describing his lifestyle further, reading the gossip tabloids, about not fitting in even at a young age (maybe this is a reference to homosexuality). I think that the expression ‘round head general’ is a reference to Napoleon Bonaparte. He next talks about his teenage years and fantasies of becoming a writer or actor and philosophers, personalities and music that influenced him. The next line: ‘It's not a crime when you look the way you do The way I like to picture you’ makes me think that his girl friend is good looking and that is the only reason why he is with her. Then he describes a little more of his day. I think that it is a very interesting detail he uses the word ‘look’ in stead or ‘read’ when he is using a book. In the last part of the song he reveals that in fact he wishes his girlfriend to take charge and to help him give some direction to his meaningless life.