It's about reaching for something divine, trying to do something extraordinary in art, and that the messed up thing about that wasn't that you couldn't do it, it was that you spent all your time trying to and you forgot about the human beings around you, and you kind of lose your humanity, and that's what this songs really about.
That's what Adam said in the live version from Soho. Just thought I'd add that.
It's about reaching for something divine, trying to do something extraordinary in art, and that the messed up thing about that wasn't that you couldn't do it, it was that you spent all your time trying to and you forgot about the human beings around you, and you kind of lose your humanity, and that's what this songs really about.
That's what Adam said in the live version from Soho. Just thought I'd add that.