Great Song One of the best on the album. As for the meaning in my opinion
"When the lies we lived are only golden plated
And I knew that the lights of the city were too heavy for me And though i carry karats for everyone to see"
I think him saying that the lives we live only being golden plated as in happiness only being skin deep and buying things cant really make him happy in the inside all the time. And when he says "that i knew that the lights of the city were too heavy for me to carry though i carry karats for everyone i see" he means before he got into the whole becoming famous he always knew whatever was in his songs and whatever he said some people would believe and would look up to him and want to be like him and he is saying the pressure of people wanting to be like him so he has to be a good example and whatnot and its too much to carry and deal with all the time and he knew it would be "though i carry karats for everyone to see" meaning even if he didnt want people to look up to him and want to be like him its not like he could just say "hey stop it" he is still who he is and people will still do it cause he is famous and in a great band and a great singer
in the chorus when he says " i saw God crying in the reflection of my enemies" meaning he looked back and realized that he was wrong and the people that were his enemies should really be his friends (?)
"all of the mothers raise their babies to stay away from me" meaning the parents get a bad impression from him and his music and misjudge him as a bad person when he isint and they teach their kids to stay away from people like him because of what they think.
not 100% sure about the second verse meaning
maybe the "tongues on the socket of electric dreams" and "drown the spark of my tears" have a connection since a tongue on a electric socket would be dangerous and it was his dream to be in a famous band and he took a risk trying to get that and the reasons people want to be rock stars today because of the money and women etc which is not what he became one for so people wanting to be in music because of that aka sewage drowns the dream he had because of the stereo type when it isint what he is (??)
anyway thats my opinion on a couple of the things.Again great song.
Great Song One of the best on the album. As for the meaning in my opinion
"When the lies we lived are only golden plated And I knew that the lights of the city were too heavy for me And though i carry karats for everyone to see"
I think him saying that the lives we live only being golden plated as in happiness only being skin deep and buying things cant really make him happy in the inside all the time. And when he says "that i knew that the lights of the city were too heavy for me to carry though i carry karats for everyone i see" he means before he got into the whole becoming famous he always knew whatever was in his songs and whatever he said some people would believe and would look up to him and want to be like him and he is saying the pressure of people wanting to be like him so he has to be a good example and whatnot and its too much to carry and deal with all the time and he knew it would be "though i carry karats for everyone to see" meaning even if he didnt want people to look up to him and want to be like him its not like he could just say "hey stop it" he is still who he is and people will still do it cause he is famous and in a great band and a great singer
in the chorus when he says " i saw God crying in the reflection of my enemies" meaning he looked back and realized that he was wrong and the people that were his enemies should really be his friends (?) "all of the mothers raise their babies to stay away from me" meaning the parents get a bad impression from him and his music and misjudge him as a bad person when he isint and they teach their kids to stay away from people like him because of what they think.
not 100% sure about the second verse meaning maybe the "tongues on the socket of electric dreams" and "drown the spark of my tears" have a connection since a tongue on a electric socket would be dangerous and it was his dream to be in a famous band and he took a risk trying to get that and the reasons people want to be rock stars today because of the money and women etc which is not what he became one for so people wanting to be in music because of that aka sewage drowns the dream he had because of the stereo type when it isint what he is (??)
anyway thats my opinion on a couple of the things.Again great song.
this seems to be the best interpretation i've found. it also goes along the lines of what i feel the song is about.
this seems to be the best interpretation i've found. it also goes along the lines of what i feel the song is about.