"It's a chemical embrace that kicks you in the head."
Emotions are caused by chemicals within the brain. He could be railing against emotion as just an empty chemical reaction with no meaning, which fits with the idea that he wants people to stop feeling obligated to be sympathetic.
I suppose the same meaning could be applied to, "To a pure synthetic sympathy that infuriates you totally." But the word synthetic makes my mind jump to drugs (whether heroin or the meds administered to him I have no idea) but that interpretation seems a little less kosher to me.
"It's a chemical embrace that kicks you in the head." Emotions are caused by chemicals within the brain. He could be railing against emotion as just an empty chemical reaction with no meaning, which fits with the idea that he wants people to stop feeling obligated to be sympathetic.
I suppose the same meaning could be applied to, "To a pure synthetic sympathy that infuriates you totally." But the word synthetic makes my mind jump to drugs (whether heroin or the meds administered to him I have no idea) but that interpretation seems a little less kosher to me.