i have a feeling this song isn't a simple embrace of individualism as it might seem at first. looking at the second verse it seems like the message is that if you try to ignore the advice everyone gives you and the pressure society puts on you, if you try to be a "maverick" or a "true individual" you're gonna end up disconnected and alienated, or lost. but then the last two lines of the verse seem to be a refinement of the message where the advice is more along the lines of don't isolate everyone in your quest to become only a product of your own mind but don't get stuck in your past either or you'll blind yourself to what is around you in your present.
i have a feeling this song isn't a simple embrace of individualism as it might seem at first. looking at the second verse it seems like the message is that if you try to ignore the advice everyone gives you and the pressure society puts on you, if you try to be a "maverick" or a "true individual" you're gonna end up disconnected and alienated, or lost. but then the last two lines of the verse seem to be a refinement of the message where the advice is more along the lines of don't isolate everyone in your quest to become only a product of your own mind but don't get stuck in your past either or you'll blind yourself to what is around you in your present.