i think you're all right in a sense... i think it's about losing yourself to the world. you become more obsessed with what you see and think you need (the jacket and sunglasses and cigarettes) than what's inside (once you've fallen from classical virtue / won't have a soul to wake up and hold you). it even seems to make fun of what most people think is worth something -- "Life is a game and true love is a trophy"
i think you're all right in a sense... i think it's about losing yourself to the world. you become more obsessed with what you see and think you need (the jacket and sunglasses and cigarettes) than what's inside (once you've fallen from classical virtue / won't have a soul to wake up and hold you). it even seems to make fun of what most people think is worth something -- "Life is a game and true love is a trophy"