SO "I touched you at the soundcheck You had no real way of knowing In my heart I begged "Take me with you... I don't care where you're going... " / "I walked a pace behind you at the soundcheck You're just the same as I am What makes most people feel happy Leads us headlong into harm" / "At the record company meeting On their hands - at last! - A dead star ! But they can never taint you in my eyes No, they can never touch you now" / "No, they cannot hurt you, my darling They cannot touch you now But me and my 'true love' Will never meet again" all make me think of how he's thinking about it thru their (often stressful) experiences dealing with the industry (esp after reading the Smiths portion of Set The Boy Free--johnny was having to do a lot of mgmt stuff bc they had no manager for most of the time and it was stuff he wasnt really equipped to deal with) so basically i think that johnny in moz's mind is the "dead star" and well, the romantic language towards the subject in the song is kinda suspect🧐 i could go on but that's the main thing i wanted to say LMAO

WAIT WAIT I THINK YOU'RE ON TO SOMETHING OMFG