Lyric discussion by peacefroggin 

That was an amazing analysis treefingerss, I think you 're definitely thinking on the right lines. One small addition:

"Nicer than the girl up in your mind you're free"

could mean the appearance of the 'scene girls' is a pretty front they can escape to, behind which a neurotic or ugly personality lurks?

What did you make of "Sad we talk of how madmen think" ?

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What did you make of "Sad we talk of how madmen think" ?

Taken in the context of the song i think its about them realising that the extremes of the scene (which they have been participating in) is ruining their perspective, which in turn is taking their music somewhere they don't want it to go. They are the "madmen" but can still remember when they weren't, so not totally gone.

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