Magic Doors Lyrics

Lyric discussion by Dan84iel 

Cover art for Magic Doors lyrics by Portishead

The lyrics just seem very existential to me. Not about sexuality or anything like that. Rather the general existential condition, which causes us to live an unauthentic life to conform to external, social demands. And yet, despite trying to be other than who we really are, we can't ultimate escape ourselves, even though we don't know ourselves who we are.