I think this song describes what life is like of a person who is in the public eye, and how it's fake to them. The musician vents his frustration in writing a genuine song but is forced to embellish it in order to make a hit - "telling the truth by making a big lie." People scrutinize everything he does, trying to read into it, even if it doesn't mean anything - "everybody's looking for clues." The show that he refers to is his persona in the public eye of rubbing elbows with the big-wigs, jet-setting, etc.
I think this song describes what life is like of a person who is in the public eye, and how it's fake to them. The musician vents his frustration in writing a genuine song but is forced to embellish it in order to make a hit - "telling the truth by making a big lie." People scrutinize everything he does, trying to read into it, even if it doesn't mean anything - "everybody's looking for clues." The show that he refers to is his persona in the public eye of rubbing elbows with the big-wigs, jet-setting, etc.