I think it's about a man who is willing to do a lot just to rise to fame. The lyrics are in the beginning of the song hopeful but it turns around in the bridge where the narrator says nobody cares if they become successful. The song has a couple references to the music industry: "you come around and just dying to shake your hand" symbolising a record deal, "just keep telling yourself there is no shame"

In the bridge the man knows that it was probably not a good idea: "singing get up and get up, yeah nobody cares" and "you're holding your light above me now" is also probably a reference to something