I see no reason to believe that this song, along with "Aeons," has a meaning incorporating all the things in the above comment. Asymmetry, in and of itself, seems to be an album all about a call for change, and there's definitely some sort of deistic calls going on in this song. Someone mentioned in the comments for "Aeons" that the speaker was struggling with his belief that there was no higher power, but at the same time hoping that, if there was one,out there, that he wouldn't judge everyone in humanity based on the faults of a few. This one has some of the same touches to it, but it seems to be more of a call to be separated from the rest of humanity. I've always found it brilliant that Kenny balances one of the more seemingly theistic, desperate, and emotional lines in the song ("Take me with you on your sky machine...") with easily the coldest and most atheistic (Please try to understand..."). In the end, whoever is speaking in this song is desperate to find some sort of escape from this life of despair and cruelty, and he wants badly to find someone to find someone who can give him that escape ("Few have the heart of the brave"), but he doesn't quite know if there is something out there for him. It's really all quite beautiful and complex, not something that can be fully and easily understood on first listen. Definitely one of my favorites on the album.
I see no reason to believe that this song, along with "Aeons," has a meaning incorporating all the things in the above comment. Asymmetry, in and of itself, seems to be an album all about a call for change, and there's definitely some sort of deistic calls going on in this song. Someone mentioned in the comments for "Aeons" that the speaker was struggling with his belief that there was no higher power, but at the same time hoping that, if there was one,out there, that he wouldn't judge everyone in humanity based on the faults of a few. This one has some of the same touches to it, but it seems to be more of a call to be separated from the rest of humanity. I've always found it brilliant that Kenny balances one of the more seemingly theistic, desperate, and emotional lines in the song ("Take me with you on your sky machine...") with easily the coldest and most atheistic (Please try to understand..."). In the end, whoever is speaking in this song is desperate to find some sort of escape from this life of despair and cruelty, and he wants badly to find someone to find someone who can give him that escape ("Few have the heart of the brave"), but he doesn't quite know if there is something out there for him. It's really all quite beautiful and complex, not something that can be fully and easily understood on first listen. Definitely one of my favorites on the album.