I always thought this was about Ian asking whether he's the main man and the rest of the band are just his backing band "Am I the half of half-and-half Or am I the half that's whole?". All through the song he's asking the same question "Are you the wrongful half Of the rightful me Are you the mongol half Of the cerebral me" and "Am I the "shall" in po-ten-tial, Or am I the "suck" in "cess", Pools of delusion Deluge me, Am I the more or less."
I always thought this was about Ian asking whether he's the main man and the rest of the band are just his backing band "Am I the half of half-and-half Or am I the half that's whole?". All through the song he's asking the same question "Are you the wrongful half Of the rightful me Are you the mongol half Of the cerebral me" and "Am I the "shall" in po-ten-tial, Or am I the "suck" in "cess", Pools of delusion Deluge me, Am I the more or less."