I've always interpreted this song as being about depression and suicidal ideation, for obvious reasons. The lines 'I'm lightning / I'm rain' seems to me to be indicative of bipolarism.
The song has quite an air of misanthropy about it, the 'slow education' possibly being about the imperfection of human beings (as created by God). The lines 'everybody going down on themselves / no pardon mes or fair thee wells in the end' seem to corroborate that.
Saying that, it's just my interpretation, and, this being one of my favourite songs, I'm loathe to care too much.
I've always interpreted this song as being about depression and suicidal ideation, for obvious reasons. The lines 'I'm lightning / I'm rain' seems to me to be indicative of bipolarism.
The song has quite an air of misanthropy about it, the 'slow education' possibly being about the imperfection of human beings (as created by God). The lines 'everybody going down on themselves / no pardon mes or fair thee wells in the end' seem to corroborate that.
Saying that, it's just my interpretation, and, this being one of my favourite songs, I'm loathe to care too much.