Nietzsche is credited with the aphorism "god is dead" (Gott ist tot) and this clearly bears a connection to the first verse. It may be about the bubble bursting on her unquestioning but deluded admiration for one who decried her egoism. The reference to mother and grandmother may relate to external sources of disapproval or imposed morality (rejected in his writings). The term "through Nietzsche's eyes" conjures vague connection to the perspectivism he championed, although the song's whole metaphorical and contextual fabric seems contradictory and confused. He would have advised outright rejection of any criticism from the start. While a romantic failure in his own life, Nietzsche would have advised her from the start to be herself and not elevate the views of others above her own sense of worth. This rather scattered ditty might name Nietzsche in a pretentious flourish rather than in any considered fashion, and I suspect any attempt to make rational sense of it will only drive you mad. Which, as it turns ,would justify the Nietzsche reference after all...go figure.
Nietzsche is credited with the aphorism "god is dead" (Gott ist tot) and this clearly bears a connection to the first verse. It may be about the bubble bursting on her unquestioning but deluded admiration for one who decried her egoism. The reference to mother and grandmother may relate to external sources of disapproval or imposed morality (rejected in his writings). The term "through Nietzsche's eyes" conjures vague connection to the perspectivism he championed, although the song's whole metaphorical and contextual fabric seems contradictory and confused. He would have advised outright rejection of any criticism from the start. While a romantic failure in his own life, Nietzsche would have advised her from the start to be herself and not elevate the views of others above her own sense of worth. This rather scattered ditty might name Nietzsche in a pretentious flourish rather than in any considered fashion, and I suspect any attempt to make rational sense of it will only drive you mad. Which, as it turns ,would justify the Nietzsche reference after all...go figure.