To me, this song is about someone who loves someone who doesn't have time for them and is caught up in being in the limelight. They think of themself as on a higher level and their self importance is leading them to everything falling down around them. The person who loves them thinks that they have potential but their unwillingness to be grounded and unselfish is going to cause their downfall. It is an unrequited love and the narrator has accepted it, especially accepting that overall this person is not a very nice one.
The way that it is sung with such a long pause between "I hope that you die........." "in a decent pair of shoes" suggests that the narrator is slightly bitter.
I really do love that line though......I hope that you die in a decent pair of shoes, you've gotta a lot a lot of walking to do, where you're headed to.
I think it means that this person is going to have to pay for the way that they go through life only thinking of themselves and hurting people along the way without a second thought.
To me, this song is about someone who loves someone who doesn't have time for them and is caught up in being in the limelight. They think of themself as on a higher level and their self importance is leading them to everything falling down around them. The person who loves them thinks that they have potential but their unwillingness to be grounded and unselfish is going to cause their downfall. It is an unrequited love and the narrator has accepted it, especially accepting that overall this person is not a very nice one.
The way that it is sung with such a long pause between "I hope that you die........." "in a decent pair of shoes" suggests that the narrator is slightly bitter. I really do love that line though......I hope that you die in a decent pair of shoes, you've gotta a lot a lot of walking to do, where you're headed to. I think it means that this person is going to have to pay for the way that they go through life only thinking of themselves and hurting people along the way without a second thought.