I see 'the End' as representing rock stardom. At least at the begining of the song. The pressures of following up 'Stay What You Are' and to an extent the recognition they started to receive from more mainstream press. I don't want to blame every song on this album for the poor reception that 'In Reverie' received, but that is an underlying theme. Of course I don't imagine Chris is always dwelling on it. It's just that a lot of the emotions on this album could be easily linked to that, among other things. That's just what I hear repeating itself.
As a side note, I kinda wish Rivers Cuomo had put out an album about how frustrated he was with 'Pinkerton's initial failure, instead of locking himself away for four years and releasing an shiny pop album to prove he could and compensate for 'Pinkerton's experimentation and soul-baring.
I see 'the End' as representing rock stardom. At least at the begining of the song. The pressures of following up 'Stay What You Are' and to an extent the recognition they started to receive from more mainstream press. I don't want to blame every song on this album for the poor reception that 'In Reverie' received, but that is an underlying theme. Of course I don't imagine Chris is always dwelling on it. It's just that a lot of the emotions on this album could be easily linked to that, among other things. That's just what I hear repeating itself.
As a side note, I kinda wish Rivers Cuomo had put out an album about how frustrated he was with 'Pinkerton's initial failure, instead of locking himself away for four years and releasing an shiny pop album to prove he could and compensate for 'Pinkerton's experimentation and soul-baring.