Hmm, I didn't know that Syd wrote this about what he was wearing that day. That's interesting. (Now I'm tempted to do the same thing with one of my own songs...)
This song has always struck me as being about the stupidity of fashion, and being judged by what you wear instead of who you are. The narrator (presumably Syd, though it could be somebody else) recites the clothes he is wearing, then says "It's what I wear/It's what you see/It must be me/It's what I am." To me, that stanza is expressing the assumption that what you wear indicates exactly who you are, no ifs, ands, or buts. And who hasn't at one point or another been frustrated because they were judged at face value and not because of anything they said or did?
But I'm probably overanalyzing it. Great song, overall. Trippy.
Hmm, I didn't know that Syd wrote this about what he was wearing that day. That's interesting. (Now I'm tempted to do the same thing with one of my own songs...)
This song has always struck me as being about the stupidity of fashion, and being judged by what you wear instead of who you are. The narrator (presumably Syd, though it could be somebody else) recites the clothes he is wearing, then says "It's what I wear/It's what you see/It must be me/It's what I am." To me, that stanza is expressing the assumption that what you wear indicates exactly who you are, no ifs, ands, or buts. And who hasn't at one point or another been frustrated because they were judged at face value and not because of anything they said or did?
But I'm probably overanalyzing it. Great song, overall. Trippy.
@Sandwich-Masta This is a cover version - It was originally written by Michael Stipe and Courtney Love as a duet
@Sandwich-Masta This is a cover version - It was originally written by Michael Stipe and Courtney Love as a duet