Hutchence always said this song was about city life. I think while it can be interpreted deeper, it relates to what he wanted.
In a big city so many of our lives have the same movements, same repeats and yet we never know it or the people we pass on the street or in our buildings. At times we get so wrapped in our life that it can be like a chain around our neck and it begins to lead us instead of us leading our own life. We have reasons to give up this life and seek our own forms of "greatness" through our passion or the things we love but we have to want it bad enough.
Hutchence always said this song was about city life. I think while it can be interpreted deeper, it relates to what he wanted.
In a big city so many of our lives have the same movements, same repeats and yet we never know it or the people we pass on the street or in our buildings. At times we get so wrapped in our life that it can be like a chain around our neck and it begins to lead us instead of us leading our own life. We have reasons to give up this life and seek our own forms of "greatness" through our passion or the things we love but we have to want it bad enough.