Lyric discussion by ikickedagirl 

Cover art for The Revisionist lyrics by Lawrence Arms, The

I agree with shoutout, this is about the journey for self identity. The revisionist in this song is trying to make things perfect like the images in his head of how things used to be, but can't, simply because the images in his head are just an obsessed and romanticized view of the past.

Very powerful subject matter. It doesn't get much better than this song.