Lici, I think the first verse and the stuff about movies fits with the idea that "no one's watching." Movies are meant to be watched, and if life was a movie, God would be the watcher. However, life sometimes lacks the meaning and glory of the movies. Instead of the "sunset" and the camera panning away, the sky is as grey as the buildings below it.
To me, this song is about the absurdity of living your life as if you're constantly being watched by some viewer critiquing your every move. Life shouldn't consist of pre-written dialogue - what you should say and what you should do. It's ridiculous to live your life like you're some character in a movie.
In the third stanza, it's like the singer is being ridiculed for not playing her part in life right. She's not sticking to the dialogue, not saying or doing the right things. But she doesn't care because she's living her life for herself, not for some invisible viewer.
I don't consider this an anti-God song. It's just about the desire to live your life the same way whether or not God exists.
Lici, I think the first verse and the stuff about movies fits with the idea that "no one's watching." Movies are meant to be watched, and if life was a movie, God would be the watcher. However, life sometimes lacks the meaning and glory of the movies. Instead of the "sunset" and the camera panning away, the sky is as grey as the buildings below it.
To me, this song is about the absurdity of living your life as if you're constantly being watched by some viewer critiquing your every move. Life shouldn't consist of pre-written dialogue - what you should say and what you should do. It's ridiculous to live your life like you're some character in a movie.
In the third stanza, it's like the singer is being ridiculed for not playing her part in life right. She's not sticking to the dialogue, not saying or doing the right things. But she doesn't care because she's living her life for herself, not for some invisible viewer.
I don't consider this an anti-God song. It's just about the desire to live your life the same way whether or not God exists.