Lyric discussion by warmPhase 

Cover art for Oh My Lord lyrics by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds

I like precip's interpretation. My impressions are similar, but with different details: I like poetry which can be interpreted in many different ways, and why I appreciate Cave so much.

I sense in this person also a kind of isolation that they weren't expecting. Their "ladder of life" turned over and perhaps the person has found celebrity to be a place foreign to their nature.

I particularly like the grim panic around, "The plot! The plot!" and the call to "home". (shiver, indeed)

-Phase