As this song may appear to be easy to unwravel, i don't think it is. I think that this is possibly one of the most complex lyric that i have ever seen. I can some meaning in a couple of ways, but seem to cancel eachother out. It could be, that Blur was taking a definitive change in the style of their music at the time, and is putting it in peoples faces and telling them to battle or to step down. It could also be about fame ( especially the first verse ). The three verses, could be his (Damon's) interpretations of fame. When Blur first came out, he loved the fame ( 1st verse ), then the band started to fight and almost broke up during The Great Escape era and they all hated eachother and Damon thought they were all jealous ( 2nd )..now, he doesn't care about fame and is about to step down from the limelight ( 3rd ). The chorus could mean that people should stop caring about the band and such matters and find their own problems to deal with. Just my interpretation........
As this song may appear to be easy to unwravel, i don't think it is. I think that this is possibly one of the most complex lyric that i have ever seen. I can some meaning in a couple of ways, but seem to cancel eachother out. It could be, that Blur was taking a definitive change in the style of their music at the time, and is putting it in peoples faces and telling them to battle or to step down. It could also be about fame ( especially the first verse ). The three verses, could be his (Damon's) interpretations of fame. When Blur first came out, he loved the fame ( 1st verse ), then the band started to fight and almost broke up during The Great Escape era and they all hated eachother and Damon thought they were all jealous ( 2nd )..now, he doesn't care about fame and is about to step down from the limelight ( 3rd ). The chorus could mean that people should stop caring about the band and such matters and find their own problems to deal with. Just my interpretation........