Ok, the main line here - that the original lyric poster got wrong is:
See he tries to play it cool
But he'll be nobody's fool
It's an unfortunate flub there because that line probably sums up the whole song. Rudy has been too preoccupied with the planning for life and not the LIVING of it. All he can do it watch the movie and everything unfold around him. He's like a ghost - not here, not anywhere.
He's too afraid to make a decision and commit because of all the things he's been told to do by everyone else. He's got to 'show em all', 'gain control', etc.
The 'movie' he comes out of is a representation of the world around him. He knows he's not a part of it and that the distance between him and real life is the same as the distance between real life and a film.
Ok, the main line here - that the original lyric poster got wrong is:
See he tries to play it cool But he'll be nobody's fool
It's an unfortunate flub there because that line probably sums up the whole song. Rudy has been too preoccupied with the planning for life and not the LIVING of it. All he can do it watch the movie and everything unfold around him. He's like a ghost - not here, not anywhere.
He's too afraid to make a decision and commit because of all the things he's been told to do by everyone else. He's got to 'show em all', 'gain control', etc.
The 'movie' he comes out of is a representation of the world around him. He knows he's not a part of it and that the distance between him and real life is the same as the distance between real life and a film.