i always saw this song as like... a kind of dissociation? I'll explain, lol. When you think of a mask (not the medical kind) you tend to think of. like. maybe a halloween mask, or a costume mask, or whatever. but the point im making is; masks are literally intended for you to look like something else, pretend to be something else. So. If it's "a mask of my own face" It's like, being yourself. but you aren't yourself. I see it as a disconnection between the character (whoever it is, maybe its just Neil) and themselves. It's an internal and mental disconnection to me. "Look into my eye holes, what do I see?" being repeated so many times also kind of helps me with this? I feel like it being repeated so many times reflects a feeling of: "what am i seeing right now? who am i?" i imagine those lyrics as just the character looking into a mirror honestly
i always saw this song as like... a kind of dissociation? I'll explain, lol. When you think of a mask (not the medical kind) you tend to think of. like. maybe a halloween mask, or a costume mask, or whatever. but the point im making is; masks are literally intended for you to look like something else, pretend to be something else. So. If it's "a mask of my own face" It's like, being yourself. but you aren't yourself. I see it as a disconnection between the character (whoever it is, maybe its just Neil) and themselves. It's an internal and mental disconnection to me. "Look into my eye holes, what do I see?" being repeated so many times also kind of helps me with this? I feel like it being repeated so many times reflects a feeling of: "what am i seeing right now? who am i?" i imagine those lyrics as just the character looking into a mirror honestly