This song is definetly about a man who is now famous, considering the fact that he 'took the time out to be seen' and how he seems too busy to be there. He is obviousy haunted by his home town, "they remind him how we fall/from the stars back to our cities where we've never felt so small" because it reveals to him what he has turned into, "he sees how quick the water's raising as another raindrop lands" "Driver what's happened to these buildings?/ They all look rundown so forlorn
Two things wondering about is, does he kill himself in the end? The do not disturb sign fit me thinking, and some poisons leave you shaking...
The other thing is, could this be a sort of dramatized autobiography?
This song is definetly about a man who is now famous, considering the fact that he 'took the time out to be seen' and how he seems too busy to be there. He is obviousy haunted by his home town, "they remind him how we fall/from the stars back to our cities where we've never felt so small" because it reveals to him what he has turned into, "he sees how quick the water's raising as another raindrop lands" "Driver what's happened to these buildings?/ They all look rundown so forlorn Two things wondering about is, does he kill himself in the end? The do not disturb sign fit me thinking, and some poisons leave you shaking... The other thing is, could this be a sort of dramatized autobiography?