I think this song is clearly about being an outsider and the subsequent difficulty of retaining your mental sanity as one. The key line is "When you are alone and you're not one of the boys and girls."
You have to build your own safe world to dwell in, your own (way of) life, but if the attempt fails (due to a clash with dominant signfications or the majority of society), the vanity of it all ("Will I have wasted years?") will mess your mind up.
I think this song is clearly about being an outsider and the subsequent difficulty of retaining your mental sanity as one. The key line is "When you are alone and you're not one of the boys and girls."
You have to build your own safe world to dwell in, your own (way of) life, but if the attempt fails (due to a clash with dominant signfications or the majority of society), the vanity of it all ("Will I have wasted years?") will mess your mind up.