Goodbye Lovers & Friends Lyrics

Lyric discussion by Hgaudguad 

Cover art for Goodbye Lovers & Friends lyrics by Franz Ferdinand

I'm surprised that no-one has mentioned how it could be about how his opinion of his career. As in, how he had to change how his music originally was to get popular/because his manager told him to. The first two paragraphs talk about change, then the chorus is about how his fame disallows him to meet his family/friends.