to be more mature in the face # of negative feedback.# which really is a song about me not being able to take criticism. it is a complete mickey—take of my own insecurity, but on the way to pointing a spotlight on the fact that i'm pathetic about not being able to take that criticism... because it's quite extreme. it's very, very extreme. it talks about tearing pieces of his face meat off and making his children watch, you know, like, it's like a murder fantasy. and it was very funny, and people loved it. it was superjolly, like, and it was a joke, but ijust didn't know what was subsequently going to happen, which is that i was going to have the power of a guardianjournalist, that very soon after i wrote that song, i could slander anyone and really have an effect on their lives. because youtube was taking off and my little 150—seat, 50—seat cabaret rooms where i was doing this dark comedy, i suddenly realised that anything i said could spread. and that is a profound change, because you're no longer some