For me I has always interpreted this song as he was contemplating suicide (the person he is singing about not necessarily himself). The song is metaphor laden with disappointment, unfilled dreams, fears, and generally being misunderstood in every verse right up to the last verse.
In the last verse is where he is saying...
"Quietly now while I turn a page Act one is over without costume change"
Nothing has changed and he is still stuck in this life which hasn't turned out the way he wanted.
"The principal would like to leave the stage"
He is the principal (metaphor for the main character in song) and he wants to end his life (leave the stage)
"The crowd don't understand"
How most people who want to commit suicide feel.
For me I has always interpreted this song as he was contemplating suicide (the person he is singing about not necessarily himself). The song is metaphor laden with disappointment, unfilled dreams, fears, and generally being misunderstood in every verse right up to the last verse.
In the last verse is where he is saying...
"Quietly now while I turn a page Act one is over without costume change"
Nothing has changed and he is still stuck in this life which hasn't turned out the way he wanted.
"The principal would like to leave the stage" He is the principal (metaphor for the main character in song) and he wants to end his life (leave the stage)
"The crowd don't understand" How most people who want to commit suicide feel.
If you look up the word Principle. Gives you thought of what he's meaning.
If you look up the word Principle. Gives you thought of what he's meaning.