For me, understanding the meaning of the human story part of the song involves visualizing the fly trapped in a jar story.
Imagine the horror of having no-one care about you, even those that put you in the jar in the first place don't care anymore and you've been left on the shelf. Contemplate that all you have is one wing, and that isn't enough to escape out of the jar. The open lid of the jar is torturing you. You're even thinking of how "I'm going to thank myself when it's finally over." Ultimately the fly has no chance and is doomed to die "We were already dead."
The human story is the same sort of predicament, although the circumstances are obviously completely different.
You've all put very intelligent suggestions. This is solely what the song means to me. I don't expect anyone else to feel the same way.
For me, understanding the meaning of the human story part of the song involves visualizing the fly trapped in a jar story.
Imagine the horror of having no-one care about you, even those that put you in the jar in the first place don't care anymore and you've been left on the shelf. Contemplate that all you have is one wing, and that isn't enough to escape out of the jar. The open lid of the jar is torturing you. You're even thinking of how "I'm going to thank myself when it's finally over." Ultimately the fly has no chance and is doomed to die "We were already dead."
The human story is the same sort of predicament, although the circumstances are obviously completely different.
You've all put very intelligent suggestions. This is solely what the song means to me. I don't expect anyone else to feel the same way.