Spin: On "Dear Believer" you say "Call me wise / call me fool." Wouldn't you rather be one than the other?
Alex: "Dear Believer" is about something else, though. It's about the fact that it's irrelevant whether or not I can create heaven on earth or utopia or anything like that. It's irrelevant to me that you might say it's impossible. It's irrelevant to me if it is impossible. I'm going to do it anyway. It's not that I think I'm going to succeed necessarily. And it's not that I claim I'm going to succeed. I'm just going to do it anyway. Because I don't really know what else I'm doing here. That seems to be the only thing that makes sense as far as being on earth.
From Spin's interview with Alex Ebert:
Spin: On "Dear Believer" you say "Call me wise / call me fool." Wouldn't you rather be one than the other?
Alex: "Dear Believer" is about something else, though. It's about the fact that it's irrelevant whether or not I can create heaven on earth or utopia or anything like that. It's irrelevant to me that you might say it's impossible. It's irrelevant to me if it is impossible. I'm going to do it anyway. It's not that I think I'm going to succeed necessarily. And it's not that I claim I'm going to succeed. I'm just going to do it anyway. Because I don't really know what else I'm doing here. That seems to be the only thing that makes sense as far as being on earth.
Link: http://www.spin.com/articles/edward-sharpes-alex-ebert-were-not-60s-ride-disneyland