I think that several songs on Perfect From Now On interconnect; this one, in my opinion, is with I Would Hurt A Fly.
IWHAF is about an annoying problem he sees with the world that's like a fly, going unnoticed by, he feels, everyone.
I believe this is either that annoying problem, or, perhaps, just a more specific one that he sees independent of I Would Hurt A Fly. Now let me explain my own interpretation of the song.
1st verse: He's saying there's no novelty in his life anymore, specifically in an intellectual sense. No one has any new thoughts and so things have become dry.
2nd verse: "that stupid sound" is what made me think of IWHAF. Here he's saying that he hates this dryness that he sees in everyone. It makes him sick but others don't seem to be bothered, and he feels they never will.
3rd verse: He feels uncomfortable in his own skin. its hard for him to believe this has happened to him.
4th verse: he feels people are self centered and uninterested, even in things there's no way they could know about, (dreams are always novel because we experience them individually). I think there's some truth to the literal meaning of the verse, but on a deeper level I think he's saying that lies have become the only way to entertain those people. they are only interested in fantastical things they might be a part of, dreams or otherwise.
5th verse: IMO this is him saying again that nobody notices this blandness in themselves, or the fact that it really has been pushing him away. It has made him crazy and perhaps changed who he is.
I think that several songs on Perfect From Now On interconnect; this one, in my opinion, is with I Would Hurt A Fly.
IWHAF is about an annoying problem he sees with the world that's like a fly, going unnoticed by, he feels, everyone.
I believe this is either that annoying problem, or, perhaps, just a more specific one that he sees independent of I Would Hurt A Fly. Now let me explain my own interpretation of the song.
1st verse: He's saying there's no novelty in his life anymore, specifically in an intellectual sense. No one has any new thoughts and so things have become dry.
2nd verse: "that stupid sound" is what made me think of IWHAF. Here he's saying that he hates this dryness that he sees in everyone. It makes him sick but others don't seem to be bothered, and he feels they never will.
3rd verse: He feels uncomfortable in his own skin. its hard for him to believe this has happened to him.
4th verse: he feels people are self centered and uninterested, even in things there's no way they could know about, (dreams are always novel because we experience them individually). I think there's some truth to the literal meaning of the verse, but on a deeper level I think he's saying that lies have become the only way to entertain those people. they are only interested in fantastical things they might be a part of, dreams or otherwise.
5th verse: IMO this is him saying again that nobody notices this blandness in themselves, or the fact that it really has been pushing him away. It has made him crazy and perhaps changed who he is.