Songs mean a lot of different things to a lot of different people. At certain points in my life, when I heard it, it meant something to me that is somewhat different from some of you. I think that, that is the important and valuable thing about music. It doesn't really matter what the author meant. You can derive any meaning from the song that you want.
For me, the first verse was very literal. "I wanna be someone else or I'll explode." I can't stand who I am and if it doesn't change I will just explode. The second and third verses, to me, were (for me) a plea to god, if you want me, come and get me. It was about not knowing what god's intentions were. Did god want me to be miserable? Did god want me to kill myself? Did god want me to take a certain path before he'd let me be happy? Whatever the case may have been, "if you want me, fucking well, come and find me, I'm waiting." It was saying to god, "What the fuck do you want from me?!"
Songs mean a lot of different things to a lot of different people. At certain points in my life, when I heard it, it meant something to me that is somewhat different from some of you. I think that, that is the important and valuable thing about music. It doesn't really matter what the author meant. You can derive any meaning from the song that you want.
For me, the first verse was very literal. "I wanna be someone else or I'll explode." I can't stand who I am and if it doesn't change I will just explode. The second and third verses, to me, were (for me) a plea to god, if you want me, come and get me. It was about not knowing what god's intentions were. Did god want me to be miserable? Did god want me to kill myself? Did god want me to take a certain path before he'd let me be happy? Whatever the case may have been, "if you want me, fucking well, come and find me, I'm waiting." It was saying to god, "What the fuck do you want from me?!"