I think it's about being a melancholy kind of person. And feeling heartache and sadness like everyone else, but saying it and writing about it in a sentimental way and then having people tell you that you're putting on act, like they should be impressed or you should be ashamed, because everyone bleeds, so why are you talking about it? Jakob is saying, well yeah sometimes I feel "overdressed" but I'm gonna sing about being sad and I'm not being "vain." He's just being himself and he won't feel ashamed. It's kind of like an "it's okay to be a little emo" song. Even though emo is a juvenile term here. Oh well.
I think it's about being a melancholy kind of person. And feeling heartache and sadness like everyone else, but saying it and writing about it in a sentimental way and then having people tell you that you're putting on act, like they should be impressed or you should be ashamed, because everyone bleeds, so why are you talking about it? Jakob is saying, well yeah sometimes I feel "overdressed" but I'm gonna sing about being sad and I'm not being "vain." He's just being himself and he won't feel ashamed. It's kind of like an "it's okay to be a little emo" song. Even though emo is a juvenile term here. Oh well.