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The song itself starts with a voice proclaiming "you're trying to replace yourself", before a couple of short piano notes. This then leads into this phrase being repeated roughly 6 times (if I counted correctly). The repetition of this phrase perhaps is also as symbolically important as the repetition of the word "bones" in "Skeleton Appreciation Day". It also provides a lot of insight into the rest of the song and the general underlying theme. By stating "you're trying to replace yourself", this is suggesting that you, the listener, in fact are trying to replace yourself. However, this could have many meanings and I am not entirely certain which one is correct. By "replacing yourself", Will may be referring back to his use of "Mr Capgras" as a nod to Capgras delusion - where one would indeed suffer from thinking someone close to them had been REPLACED. But, this also could mean something else, completely different. Perhaps, he did not mean replacing as in literally or as a nod to Capgras delusion to further pull on that, but replacing one's SELF: becoming a different person (with their mental space only this time, not completely actually seeming to be replaced). By replacing yourself as replacing your SELF, you are taking upon different attributes to your outlook on the world and who you are - which once again ties into the concept of the album.

I'm sure there is plenty of meaning and symbolism up for interpretation in the first couple of lyrics but I've never really thought too deep into them within the concept of this song/album and they have never really stood out to me to have any deeper meanings that just pop up straight out at me.

However, the lyric immediately following these is FULL of symbolism and self-referencing-referencing others. "Is another man wearing your face?" would most definitely tie into Capgras delusion, believing that somebody was replaced, so this person that's (as mentioned in the previous lyric) "levitating off the ground" would be the person close to the singer/sufferer, and the fact that they are not recognised as themself apart from their face - which is apparently being worn by another man (it is not; it is normal, their perception is messing it up) would 100% be tying into this. "All the other false identities" is another seemingly/shallow-but-also-not lyric. These false identities: what could they be? Might they be false identities of the people around them (once more tying into Capgras delusion)? Or might they be "false" or, rather alternate identities of which everybody has - which perhaps even means they are all false; for if you act differently around every different person, do you even really have a "true" identity? I believe it is more the second one, but that is merely my interpretation. Most people I know - and I know at least I definitely do - act differently around different people. This side of yourself, what you do, what you say, every little thing about it, will, in the eyes of who you are with, become your identity. It's who you are, and there's so, so, so many versions of yourself out there (at least how you are perceived by others I guess), but which one of them is correct, is who you actually are? If none of them are, and I'm assuming they are not, the in this case they all become false - "false identities".

There is also like a shit ton of meaning in the next couple of lyrics but I'm not gonna analyse them because I'm not bothered and I wouldn't know how to explain how I perceive them. So, I'm probably just gonna be skipping around a lot.

"Eulogy or biography, I'm who I ought to be, and that is God to me": extremely interesting and fairly easy to dissect lyrics. I'm assuming (but this may not be correct) that the "eulogy or biography" part refers to fame. A eulogy is written when a person dies, right? Just an ordinary, everyday person. However, if you became well-known/famous, that would warrant somebody perhaps writing a biography about you. This lyric is essentially saying "I don't care if I die famous, I'm me". The importance of self in relation to this album is overwhelming and it, of course, is the main topic and concept of the album (well, it's a concept album called self-ish so duh), so it makes a lot of sense that this sense of self and who he is that Will has (though, this is quite contradictory within the album and even kind of the song itself) is so important to him (so much that it is "God to [him]"). The little "never"'s in the background are leading up to the chorus which I will explain later.

The next lyric is "so my god, what's wrong with me, if who I wanna be might-" and then gets cut off by the "never"'s in the background. This lyric is actually pretty straight forward: asking what is wrong with him. This probably ties into earlier lyrics speaking about the "false identities" that we put on for others - what and why must he change parts of himself to adapt to others; what is wrong with what he started off as and why does he feel the need to do so? The second part is slightly next confusing as it gets cut off but still would make some sense, especially if you factor in what it got cut off by. Who he wants to be would certainly end up being different from what he is now (or what he is for other people), otherwise why would he wish for it? But, it is hinting that this person/persona he wishes to adapt and become perhaps will never be so. The fact that the line "if who I wanna be might" got cut of by a chorus of "never"'s (though these do tie into the chorus, I am certain this was intentional) is quite clever because it has the opportunity to turn these lyrics into "if who I wanna be might never" - which is definitely saying that this personality and person Will wishes to become is never going to happen. But, this is phrased as a question. What is wrong with him, if he is never going to be the person he aspires to be? It's pretty hard to just change everything you dislike about yourself (I am assuming this is being used as a way to say this), and failing to do so is bound to make yourself feel worse. I could yap on more but I feel this is sufficient.

The song itself starts with a voice proclaiming "you're trying to replace yourself", before a couple of short piano notes. This then leads into this phrase being repeated roughly 6 times (if I counted correctly). The repetition of this phrase perhaps is also as symbolically important as the repetition of the word "bones" in "Skeleton Appreciation Day". It also provides a lot of insight into the rest of the song and the general underlying theme. By stating "you're trying to replace yourself", this is suggesting that you, the listener, in fact are trying to replace yourself. However, this could have many meanings and I am not entirely certain which one is correct. By "replacing yourself", Will may be referring back to his use of "Mr Capgras" as a nod to Capgras delusion - where one would indeed suffer from thinking someone close to them had been REPLACED. But, this also could mean something else, completely different. Perhaps, he did not mean replacing as in literally or as a nod to Capgras delusion to further pull on that, but replacing one's SELF: becoming a different person (with their mental space only this time, not completely actually seeming to be replaced). By replacing yourself as replacing your SELF, you are taking upon different attributes to your outlook on the world and who you are - which once again ties into the concept of the album.

I'm sure there is plenty of meaning and symbolism up for interpretation in the first couple of lyrics but I've never really thought too deep into them within the concept of this song/album and they have never really stood out to me to have any deeper meanings that just pop up straight out at me.

However, the lyric immediately following these is FULL of symbolism and self-referencing-referencing others. "Is another man wearing your face?" would most definitely tie into Capgras delusion, believing that somebody was replaced, so this person that's (as mentioned in the previous lyric) "levitating off the ground" would be the person close to the singer/sufferer, and the fact that they are not recognised as themself apart from their face - which is apparently being worn by another man (it is not; it is normal, their perception is messing it up) would 100% be tying into this. "All the other false identities" is another seemingly/shallow-but-also-not lyric. These false identities: what could they be? Might they be false identities of the people around them (once more tying into Capgras delusion)? Or might they be "false" or, rather alternate identities of which everybody has - which perhaps even means they are all false; for if you act differently around every different person, do you even really have a "true" identity? I believe it is more the second one, but that is merely my interpretation. Most people I know - and I know at least I definitely do - act differently around different people. This side of yourself, what you do, what you say, every little thing about it, will, in the eyes of who you are with, become your identity. It's who you are, and there's so, so, so many versions of yourself out there (at least how you are perceived by others I guess), but which one of them is correct, is who you actually are? If none of them are, and I'm assuming they are not, the in this case they all become false - "false identities".

There is also like a shit ton of meaning in the next couple of lyrics but I'm not gonna analyse them because I'm not bothered and I wouldn't know how to explain how I perceive them. So, I'm probably just gonna be skipping around a lot.

"Eulogy or biography, I'm who I ought to be, and that is God to me": extremely interesting and fairly easy to dissect lyrics. I'm assuming (but this may not be correct) that the "eulogy or biography" part refers to fame. A eulogy is written when a person dies, right? Just an ordinary, everyday person. However, if you became well-known/famous, that would warrant somebody perhaps writing a biography about you. This lyric is essentially saying "I don't care if I die famous, I'm me". The importance of self in relation to this album is overwhelming and it, of course, is the main topic and concept of the album (well, it's a concept album called self-ish so duh), so it makes a lot of sense that this sense of self and who he is that Will has (though, this is quite contradictory within the album and even kind of the song itself) is so important to him (so much that it is "God to [him]"). The little "never"'s in the background are leading up to the chorus which I will explain later.

The next lyric is "so my god, what's wrong with me, if who I wanna be might-" and then gets cut off by the "never"'s in the background. This lyric is actually pretty straight forward: asking what is wrong with him. This probably ties into earlier lyrics speaking about the "false identities" that we put on for others - what and why must he change parts of himself to adapt to others; what is wrong with what he started off as and why does he feel the need to do so? The second part is slightly next confusing as it gets cut off but still would make some sense, especially if you factor in what it got cut off by. Who he wants to be would certainly end up being different from what he is now (or what he is for other people), otherwise why would he wish for it? But, it is hinting that this person/persona he wishes to adapt and become perhaps will never be so. The fact that the line "if who I wanna be might" got cut of by a chorus of "never"'s (though these do tie into the chorus, I am certain this was intentional) is quite clever because it has the opportunity to turn these lyrics into "if who I wanna be might never" - which is definitely saying that this personality and person Will wishes to become is never going to happen. But, this is phrased as a question. What is wrong with him, if he is never going to be the person he aspires to be? It's pretty hard to just change everything you dislike about yourself (I am assuming this is being used as a way to say this), and failing to do so is bound to make yourself feel worse. I could yap on more but I feel this is sufficient.