Found in the first stanza of the song, it describes how "Once [he] rose above the noise and confusion / just to take a look beyond this illusion" which is a direct correlation with the journey one takes to become a philosopher as described by Plato in the Republic through his Allegory of the Cave. This is similar in the sense that the philosopher separates himself from the distractions of normal life to seek what the reality is behind these illusion-causing distractions. The song also says "Though [his] eyes could see [he] was still a blind man / Though [his] mind could think [he] was still a fool" which describes what is happening to the philosopher as he reflects on what he once was. This calls into question: what is reality? Is reality the shapes and lights flickering right in front of us or is it something that exists in another realm of existence? Plato describes reality as something called the forms that exist in and of themselves in the world of Being, while we exist in the world of Becoming. Since we are in the world of Becoming, we are always constantly changing, so we cannot possibly be part of the world of Being which always remains the same. The only way we know these forms is because we have their "shadows" imprinted in our mind or soul. Plato supports this