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Rufus Wainwright

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The song is about knowing the end result of every situation you're in, and being able to play it out in your mind and see it before it happens. It's about addiction, really, about knowing how it's all going to end up. In that sense, you're watching a movie of yourself all the time – and then you want out of that movie.
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About Movies of Myself, Want One Bio (December 1, 2009). Retrieved on July 28, 2011.

 
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