"I cheat the light
To check my face
It's slightly harder than last year"
Yeah, it seems he's coming to reconcile that he is who he is, becoming a mature adult, probably reconciling all the crap that came out a couple of years ago. I remember reading that Rolling Stone article and as a long time fan, being quite sickened by some of the stuff he said. At the same time, I saw him as a very broken person, and the kindredness and connection I've felt to his music, and the things he has expressed within it over the years, made me feel a compassion for him. It is nice to hear that he seems to have found a bit more solid ground in the years since.
Yeah, I think that that interpretation and those lyrics are correct. It's definitely 'the' rather than 'and', and with that in mind 'light' and 'face' make more sense than 'lie' and 'fates', though it's quite hard to actually hear the difference in those spots.
Yeah, I think that that interpretation and those lyrics are correct. It's definitely 'the' rather than 'and', and with that in mind 'light' and 'face' make more sense than 'lie' and 'fates', though it's quite hard to actually hear the difference in those spots.
I think maybe it is
"I cheat the light To check my face It's slightly harder than last year"
Yeah, it seems he's coming to reconcile that he is who he is, becoming a mature adult, probably reconciling all the crap that came out a couple of years ago. I remember reading that Rolling Stone article and as a long time fan, being quite sickened by some of the stuff he said. At the same time, I saw him as a very broken person, and the kindredness and connection I've felt to his music, and the things he has expressed within it over the years, made me feel a compassion for him. It is nice to hear that he seems to have found a bit more solid ground in the years since.
Yeah, I think that that interpretation and those lyrics are correct. It's definitely 'the' rather than 'and', and with that in mind 'light' and 'face' make more sense than 'lie' and 'fates', though it's quite hard to actually hear the difference in those spots.
Yeah, I think that that interpretation and those lyrics are correct. It's definitely 'the' rather than 'and', and with that in mind 'light' and 'face' make more sense than 'lie' and 'fates', though it's quite hard to actually hear the difference in those spots.