i know that this post is a few moons late, but i just discovered the song and was intrigued. in fact i started this account just so i could post on it.
Anyway, LennonGenius' is really onto something, especially if you take into consideration that Nietzsche prized art and creativity over logic and reason. As a musician, i tend to lean that way myself.
Also, the nature of Overman would transcend common morality, which (in the song) she may have hurt some people (grandmother, mother) along the way, while emulating the behaviour of the Overman, OR she inherited the tendency FROM her family, and hurt the object of the relationship that she is bemoaning - IF it is a relationship she is singing of. She MAY feel betrayed by what she learned from the good philosopher...
Though in life he was a kind man, his philosophy tended to be fairly hostile, and adherents to this philosophy, myself included, have to be careful not to alienate people by being condescending. His ideas on morality, in particular, divide people's morality between that of a "master" and that of a "slave". The slave morality is also referred to as "herd-animal morality", which at the same time treats most people as cattle and calls to mind the Christian idea of "the flock", with Jesus as its shepherd.
The ultimate concept that he was working toward was each person's ability and right to reinvent themself in order to achieve higher culture, and eventually peace, but the nature of (arguably) most people is to dominate, and judge.
So when she was studying nietche, perhaps she became too zealous, or pompous, elevating herself to Overman and looking down at the people around her. Soon after, she realized the damage she caused to her relationships with others, she repented and forsake her idolization of Nietzsche (you were not my superman) and began to view him - and perhaps herself as a "self obsessed artist". Her venture into philosophy "failed in flight", so she is abandoning ship, or "getting down (off of) this fantasy"
i know that this post is a few moons late, but i just discovered the song and was intrigued. in fact i started this account just so i could post on it.
Anyway, LennonGenius' is really onto something, especially if you take into consideration that Nietzsche prized art and creativity over logic and reason. As a musician, i tend to lean that way myself. Also, the nature of Overman would transcend common morality, which (in the song) she may have hurt some people (grandmother, mother) along the way, while emulating the behaviour of the Overman, OR she inherited the tendency FROM her family, and hurt the object of the relationship that she is bemoaning - IF it is a relationship she is singing of. She MAY feel betrayed by what she learned from the good philosopher... Though in life he was a kind man, his philosophy tended to be fairly hostile, and adherents to this philosophy, myself included, have to be careful not to alienate people by being condescending. His ideas on morality, in particular, divide people's morality between that of a "master" and that of a "slave". The slave morality is also referred to as "herd-animal morality", which at the same time treats most people as cattle and calls to mind the Christian idea of "the flock", with Jesus as its shepherd. The ultimate concept that he was working toward was each person's ability and right to reinvent themself in order to achieve higher culture, and eventually peace, but the nature of (arguably) most people is to dominate, and judge.
So when she was studying nietche, perhaps she became too zealous, or pompous, elevating herself to Overman and looking down at the people around her. Soon after, she realized the damage she caused to her relationships with others, she repented and forsake her idolization of Nietzsche (you were not my superman) and began to view him - and perhaps herself as a "self obsessed artist". Her venture into philosophy "failed in flight", so she is abandoning ship, or "getting down (off of) this fantasy"
anybody else?