Yeah I'm also pretty sure it's about drugs or something similar related to seedy nightlife, maybe also a mental issue. It's left open so it can fit your particular vice!
I think it would be perfect in Twilight or another similar vampire movie though!
However, I do think it was written about drugs or related psychosis.
"I'm complicated/you're as straight as they come"
I have issues; you don't partake in any vices, but I have tons. ("straight" also refers to someone who doesn't party/do drugs. this usage was more popular before the word took on the meaning of heterosexuality. bruno mars has an old school vocabulary, so it makes sense that he would use "straight" to mean someone who refrains from drugs.)
"I hide from the sun" doesn't have to refer to vampires. It can refer to seedy nightlife. He goes out at night because that's when all the bad stuff happens, all the parties. I myself hide from the sun, and even though I'm pale, I'm not a vampire. I'm just a miscreant who prefers the night.
"you won't know what it's like until you try"
suggests that it is a particular activity of some sort. of course this line is great for a vampire parallel. good for breaking dawn especially.
"cross the LINE" coke reference? it's stretching it, i dunno. otherwise it could be more general, because once you try something you're stuck and corrupted, kind of like drug virginity (lol that sounds so stupid)
"If they say life's a dream
call this insomnia"
lucidity that can be related to drugs, but also any other nightmare of a life, so any major problem.
"'Cause this ain't Wonderland
it damn sure ain't Narnia"
you can't talk about wonderland without drugs. it's alluding to tripping into an alternate universe, but it's not so great because they have lots of problems. like using a drug to run away from all your issues. the fact that it ISN'T is part of a theme throughout the song of something painfully ordinary. he can't escape from the reality of his own life, no matter how hard he tries. similar to "i'm a monster/but i'm no frankenstein" which of course counters the idea that it's about twilight.
it's saying that the speaker is a real person. "i'm a monster" because he has these problems/addiction, but frankenstein represents the supernatural, and I think a lot of this song is consciously going the other direction, about some serious real life problem, and, as i said, the desire to escape but inability to do so completely. however, this can get twilighty if you want, because twilight makes vampires very ordinary. so...
i wonder if that made sense. to be honest i'm just procrastinating doing my homework, that's why i gave such a long analysis.
YES!! I agree completely with your analysis. I think it really is about drugs or related psychosis. Perhaps he knows, deep inside, that he has a problem, but he is still a human being. "I'm a monster, but I'm no frankenstein"..... maybe he feels like a "monster" (or just an out of control human) with this addiction, but he knows he's no "frankenstein", meaning he's not freak or threat or wretched human being. I hope that makes sense.
YES!! I agree completely with your analysis. I think it really is about drugs or related psychosis. Perhaps he knows, deep inside, that he has a problem, but he is still a human being. "I'm a monster, but I'm no frankenstein"..... maybe he feels like a "monster" (or just an out of control human) with this addiction, but he knows he's no "frankenstein", meaning he's not freak or threat or wretched human being. I hope that makes sense.
I also understand the psychopathy theory. I often feel unstable in that sense and can actually...
I also understand the psychopathy theory. I often feel unstable in that sense and can actually wrap my mind around the song in that sense.
Yeah I'm also pretty sure it's about drugs or something similar related to seedy nightlife, maybe also a mental issue. It's left open so it can fit your particular vice!
I think it would be perfect in Twilight or another similar vampire movie though!
However, I do think it was written about drugs or related psychosis.
"I'm complicated/you're as straight as they come" I have issues; you don't partake in any vices, but I have tons. ("straight" also refers to someone who doesn't party/do drugs. this usage was more popular before the word took on the meaning of heterosexuality. bruno mars has an old school vocabulary, so it makes sense that he would use "straight" to mean someone who refrains from drugs.)
"I hide from the sun" doesn't have to refer to vampires. It can refer to seedy nightlife. He goes out at night because that's when all the bad stuff happens, all the parties. I myself hide from the sun, and even though I'm pale, I'm not a vampire. I'm just a miscreant who prefers the night.
"you won't know what it's like until you try" suggests that it is a particular activity of some sort. of course this line is great for a vampire parallel. good for breaking dawn especially.
"cross the LINE" coke reference? it's stretching it, i dunno. otherwise it could be more general, because once you try something you're stuck and corrupted, kind of like drug virginity (lol that sounds so stupid)
"If they say life's a dream call this insomnia" lucidity that can be related to drugs, but also any other nightmare of a life, so any major problem.
"'Cause this ain't Wonderland it damn sure ain't Narnia" you can't talk about wonderland without drugs. it's alluding to tripping into an alternate universe, but it's not so great because they have lots of problems. like using a drug to run away from all your issues. the fact that it ISN'T is part of a theme throughout the song of something painfully ordinary. he can't escape from the reality of his own life, no matter how hard he tries. similar to "i'm a monster/but i'm no frankenstein" which of course counters the idea that it's about twilight. it's saying that the speaker is a real person. "i'm a monster" because he has these problems/addiction, but frankenstein represents the supernatural, and I think a lot of this song is consciously going the other direction, about some serious real life problem, and, as i said, the desire to escape but inability to do so completely. however, this can get twilighty if you want, because twilight makes vampires very ordinary. so...
i wonder if that made sense. to be honest i'm just procrastinating doing my homework, that's why i gave such a long analysis.
YES!! I agree completely with your analysis. I think it really is about drugs or related psychosis. Perhaps he knows, deep inside, that he has a problem, but he is still a human being. "I'm a monster, but I'm no frankenstein"..... maybe he feels like a "monster" (or just an out of control human) with this addiction, but he knows he's no "frankenstein", meaning he's not freak or threat or wretched human being. I hope that makes sense.
YES!! I agree completely with your analysis. I think it really is about drugs or related psychosis. Perhaps he knows, deep inside, that he has a problem, but he is still a human being. "I'm a monster, but I'm no frankenstein"..... maybe he feels like a "monster" (or just an out of control human) with this addiction, but he knows he's no "frankenstein", meaning he's not freak or threat or wretched human being. I hope that makes sense.
I also understand the psychopathy theory. I often feel unstable in that sense and can actually...
I also understand the psychopathy theory. I often feel unstable in that sense and can actually wrap my mind around the song in that sense.