I agree that it's obviously about fame/Hollywood and how shallow and meaningless and fake and superficial it all is. But I'm having some trouble with interpreting the actual "Say you don't want it" part. I'm not sure if he's saying:
a) Please tell me that you don't want this. Nobody can really want and enjoy this life.
or
b) Look me in the eye and tell me that you honestly don't want this - the fame, glory, glitz and glamour
I think I'm leaning towards (a) if you consider the music video. I know that they put a lot of thought into it and it's based on "Lady and the Tramp". Obviously she's Lady and he's Tramp (so she's more "classy" and "high society" than him), and he saves her when she's lost and then they spend the day together and she sees his world and they fall in love. So... I guess it makes more sense if he's telling her that she can't want the superficial, shallow world she lives in, and that she should choose his world which is simpler and more real.
I agree that it's obviously about fame/Hollywood and how shallow and meaningless and fake and superficial it all is. But I'm having some trouble with interpreting the actual "Say you don't want it" part. I'm not sure if he's saying:
a) Please tell me that you don't want this. Nobody can really want and enjoy this life.
or
b) Look me in the eye and tell me that you honestly don't want this - the fame, glory, glitz and glamour
I think I'm leaning towards (a) if you consider the music video. I know that they put a lot of thought into it and it's based on "Lady and the Tramp". Obviously she's Lady and he's Tramp (so she's more "classy" and "high society" than him), and he saves her when she's lost and then they spend the day together and she sees his world and they fall in love. So... I guess it makes more sense if he's telling her that she can't want the superficial, shallow world she lives in, and that she should choose his world which is simpler and more real.