i think this might be written to billy's fans, all of those who have followed him from his days in the late 80s breaking onto the chicago scene... with its nostalgic, almost elegiac tone, it seems like billy is looking back on his career, and just telling his fans that he was never in it to be popular, or be loved by the mainstream, he was just trying to make amazing music... a true visionary who "wasn't born to follow," and never did.
i think this might be written to billy's fans, all of those who have followed him from his days in the late 80s breaking onto the chicago scene... with its nostalgic, almost elegiac tone, it seems like billy is looking back on his career, and just telling his fans that he was never in it to be popular, or be loved by the mainstream, he was just trying to make amazing music... a true visionary who "wasn't born to follow," and never did.