This song seems to be about 'you'- a person living in a metaphorical fishbowl. The owner of the fishbowl is the propmaster of life- yours included. You think it's you, naturally.
You are like every other person pretending to be in charge of your own life. Except you are blinded by your beauty in a world of fakes (convincing human remains that you are convinced of living human beings). You have made yourself into a 'swan' amongst ducks, if you will. Yet, because you live in a fishbowl, you cannot escape the fakes, or even comprehend who is fake. And, naturally, your narcissm is so inherantly wrong, that you indeed are the swan's meat: no better off than the raw meat of ducks you despise, in the end.
I believe, by this, subtle is trying to ask even the most wealthy person if they are ultimately happier when they are the sucessful, self claimed 'swan', or if it would be better to discover who the real 'propmaster' is.
This song seems to be about 'you'- a person living in a metaphorical fishbowl. The owner of the fishbowl is the propmaster of life- yours included. You think it's you, naturally.
You are like every other person pretending to be in charge of your own life. Except you are blinded by your beauty in a world of fakes (convincing human remains that you are convinced of living human beings). You have made yourself into a 'swan' amongst ducks, if you will. Yet, because you live in a fishbowl, you cannot escape the fakes, or even comprehend who is fake. And, naturally, your narcissm is so inherantly wrong, that you indeed are the swan's meat: no better off than the raw meat of ducks you despise, in the end.
I believe, by this, subtle is trying to ask even the most wealthy person if they are ultimately happier when they are the sucessful, self claimed 'swan', or if it would be better to discover who the real 'propmaster' is.