OK, second post - just learning how this system works, so my apologies for repeating basically what I wrote in a reply to winterhawk... I'm thinking now that it needs to be an independent post.
The beauty of Alice's songwriting is that he seems to approach many songs from multiple levels, so perhaps this is a case of layered meaning. One layer at the WTMN/W2MN story level and one at a more personal one.
Here, I'll only present my interpretation from the WTMN/W2MN story perspective:
Steven has been living the nightmare for a long time. The human mind often comes up with creative ways to deal with persistent terror. One of those ways is multiple personalities. This song could be about one of those personalities coming to the surface and speaking to Steven. "Just a shadow", "left in pieces"... could refer to this alternate, previously subdued personality. But now he is able to make his presence known, but not in a direct way. Steven is still the body and still the voice - the new personality can only provide words and thoughts (You're the singer, I'm the song).
"I am made of you" could refer to the fact that the new personality is still part of Steven and comes from Steven's psyche.
OK, second post - just learning how this system works, so my apologies for repeating basically what I wrote in a reply to winterhawk... I'm thinking now that it needs to be an independent post.
The beauty of Alice's songwriting is that he seems to approach many songs from multiple levels, so perhaps this is a case of layered meaning. One layer at the WTMN/W2MN story level and one at a more personal one.
Here, I'll only present my interpretation from the WTMN/W2MN story perspective:
Steven has been living the nightmare for a long time. The human mind often comes up with creative ways to deal with persistent terror. One of those ways is multiple personalities. This song could be about one of those personalities coming to the surface and speaking to Steven. "Just a shadow", "left in pieces"... could refer to this alternate, previously subdued personality. But now he is able to make his presence known, but not in a direct way. Steven is still the body and still the voice - the new personality can only provide words and thoughts (You're the singer, I'm the song).
"I am made of you" could refer to the fact that the new personality is still part of Steven and comes from Steven's psyche.