We tend to idealize the things we don’t have. Sometimes, we want something so much that we’re bound to be disappointed once we get it.
A dream that stays a dream remains in an ideal state, untarnished. A dream realized, however, will always be different—and probably lesser—than the idealized version. Either way, it’s kind of disappointing, isn’t it?
Like many of my songs, I was applying the concept to a performance. If you ever listen back to a recording of a speech you’ve given, or any other performance, it’s never what you thought it to be while it was happening. There have been times where I thought I was really awful, but objectively it was fine. The opposite is true too, where I thought I was really good, but the tape proved me wrong.
A good thing to remember about performance is the audience wants the performer to succeed. It’s too uncomfortable when the performer fails, particularly in a live performance.
Incidentally, I love the Tom Verlaine-style solo at the end by Scott.
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