I will NEVER forget the first time I heard this song. I bought the Truly, Madly, Deeply single on cassette tape back in 1997 when I was about thirteen, and this song kind of shocked me. It's deep in a very camoflauged sort of way.
While it's obviously talking about God, I think this might be Darren's big head talking. Notice the way he throws around designer names and labels...all things that are shoved in your face when you're hot and famous. This song is probably largely about how Darren feels about being an icon. At the point when this song was written, fame would have been an alien concept to a sweet-faced twenty-five year old from Brisbane...so I feel that this song defines how he felt being all of a sudden adored by fans and having designer names shoved in his face.
I don't think he's comparing his fame to that of Jesus Christ by any means, but I think he's sort of wondering idly with these lyrics how it must feel to be Jesus and being idolized and worshipped. And, if he's famous and doesn't have the kind of time and the means to have a personal relationship with every fan of his, he wonders how God can have a relationship with everyone and what Jesus might be like if you could talk to him.
I will NEVER forget the first time I heard this song. I bought the Truly, Madly, Deeply single on cassette tape back in 1997 when I was about thirteen, and this song kind of shocked me. It's deep in a very camoflauged sort of way.
While it's obviously talking about God, I think this might be Darren's big head talking. Notice the way he throws around designer names and labels...all things that are shoved in your face when you're hot and famous. This song is probably largely about how Darren feels about being an icon. At the point when this song was written, fame would have been an alien concept to a sweet-faced twenty-five year old from Brisbane...so I feel that this song defines how he felt being all of a sudden adored by fans and having designer names shoved in his face.
I don't think he's comparing his fame to that of Jesus Christ by any means, but I think he's sort of wondering idly with these lyrics how it must feel to be Jesus and being idolized and worshipped. And, if he's famous and doesn't have the kind of time and the means to have a personal relationship with every fan of his, he wonders how God can have a relationship with everyone and what Jesus might be like if you could talk to him.