Hmm, I actually really think its a Be Yourself with subtle gay themes. The chorus sounds pretty straightforward about being yourself and so is the first verse, but that last line hints at something:
So when you see me flyin' by the planet's moon
You don't need to explain if everything's changed
Just know I'm just like you
With all the hysteria about gays destroying the world he just wants you to know they're people just like everyone else. Different, sure, but the same nonetheless.
So I pull this switch
The switch, the switch inside my head
And I see black black, green and brown brown brown brown,
And blue yellow violet's red
This could be sarcasm directed at the people who believe its a choice. Either way he sees his colors for what they are.
And suddenly a light appears inside my brain
And I think of my ways, I think of my days
And know that I have changed
The sudden epiphany where you realize you're a completely different person from a couple years ago, perhaps he didn't accept himself before but now he's no longer ashamed of being gay. Doesn't have to relate but thats how I see it.
So mistress, mistress
Have you been up to the roof?
He shot himself self, there's blood on the wall
'Cause he couldn't face the truth
This one just seemed weird until I realized it could be about the gay men who spend their whole lives denying who they are and trying to live a more acceptable charade, only to end up cheating on their wives (hence the use of the word mistress) and committing suicide.
Oh knock that down, leave the ground and find some space
And tell your friends friends, you'll be back again gain
Before it's too late
This is like a bit of friendly advice. Forget about your current troubles and try to think things through before you do anything drastic. The telling your friends part is pretty important when you feel suicidal. I think the "before its too late" speaks for itself.
Que chorus about accepting yourself, its not so bad at least you're healthy yadda yadda
So when you see us there, there out in the open road
You don't need to explain if everything's changed
Just know that you don't know
I think this is telling people who are afraid of acknowledging gay rights (or even gay people in general) and who think gay marriage is the beginning of the end of the moral fabric of society that you really don't know what's going to happen. No one does, but that's life, its unpredictable. Then at the outro he says "Yeah we call it... love". It's life, it's love. You may think it's hell on Earth but people are going to have to accept that this is real and its here to stay so deal with it.
Hmm, I actually really think its a Be Yourself with subtle gay themes. The chorus sounds pretty straightforward about being yourself and so is the first verse, but that last line hints at something:
So when you see me flyin' by the planet's moon You don't need to explain if everything's changed Just know I'm just like you
With all the hysteria about gays destroying the world he just wants you to know they're people just like everyone else. Different, sure, but the same nonetheless.
So I pull this switch The switch, the switch inside my head And I see black black, green and brown brown brown brown, And blue yellow violet's red
This could be sarcasm directed at the people who believe its a choice. Either way he sees his colors for what they are.
And suddenly a light appears inside my brain And I think of my ways, I think of my days And know that I have changed
The sudden epiphany where you realize you're a completely different person from a couple years ago, perhaps he didn't accept himself before but now he's no longer ashamed of being gay. Doesn't have to relate but thats how I see it.
So mistress, mistress Have you been up to the roof? He shot himself self, there's blood on the wall 'Cause he couldn't face the truth
This one just seemed weird until I realized it could be about the gay men who spend their whole lives denying who they are and trying to live a more acceptable charade, only to end up cheating on their wives (hence the use of the word mistress) and committing suicide.
Oh knock that down, leave the ground and find some space And tell your friends friends, you'll be back again gain Before it's too late
This is like a bit of friendly advice. Forget about your current troubles and try to think things through before you do anything drastic. The telling your friends part is pretty important when you feel suicidal. I think the "before its too late" speaks for itself.
Que chorus about accepting yourself, its not so bad at least you're healthy yadda yadda
So when you see us there, there out in the open road You don't need to explain if everything's changed Just know that you don't know
I think this is telling people who are afraid of acknowledging gay rights (or even gay people in general) and who think gay marriage is the beginning of the end of the moral fabric of society that you really don't know what's going to happen. No one does, but that's life, its unpredictable. Then at the outro he says "Yeah we call it... love". It's life, it's love. You may think it's hell on Earth but people are going to have to accept that this is real and its here to stay so deal with it.