I am not particularly sure of what this song is literally about, but to me it is talking about how people rely on technology and become friends with those who appear to be plastic. I don't know what the term "light & magic" means, either, but if I had to take a guess, I'd say that it's referring to the society that we live on - if you have the 'glitz' you are fitting enough to be associated with today's day and age. People will accept you no matter how phony you are - but your only friends are the plastics, and your only true self is mundane (and addiction) - hence the line 'xerox of yourself' - (regardless of you being lucky if the light's not out and you can take a fine day at the beach to show yourself) because your actions are so predictable they're laughable.
'You cut your hair and made a friend, now they are falling into you' talks about how some people in society are so based on what other people think of them; they cut their hair and try to be fashionable and make friendships for the wrong reason - plastics attract plastics. This isn't saying everybody who likes fashion is plastic or whatever, it's saying the plastic people who like fashion attract other plastics and when one plastic follows, the rest follow. And... when you come in terms with understanding of loss, you begin to see the 'show' as something very fake, an illusion that stings in both today and tomorrow... you don't miss out on much even if you 'lost the line'
I am not particularly sure of what this song is literally about, but to me it is talking about how people rely on technology and become friends with those who appear to be plastic. I don't know what the term "light & magic" means, either, but if I had to take a guess, I'd say that it's referring to the society that we live on - if you have the 'glitz' you are fitting enough to be associated with today's day and age. People will accept you no matter how phony you are - but your only friends are the plastics, and your only true self is mundane (and addiction) - hence the line 'xerox of yourself' - (regardless of you being lucky if the light's not out and you can take a fine day at the beach to show yourself) because your actions are so predictable they're laughable.
'You cut your hair and made a friend, now they are falling into you' talks about how some people in society are so based on what other people think of them; they cut their hair and try to be fashionable and make friendships for the wrong reason - plastics attract plastics. This isn't saying everybody who likes fashion is plastic or whatever, it's saying the plastic people who like fashion attract other plastics and when one plastic follows, the rest follow. And... when you come in terms with understanding of loss, you begin to see the 'show' as something very fake, an illusion that stings in both today and tomorrow... you don't miss out on much even if you 'lost the line'