GRANDIOSITY
Difference, or beneath.
Grandiosity is the notion that you are superior to others around you.
We can assume others are not like us, that they actually aren’t using an apparently simple façade, and that they are expressing their true selves. Then we will assume that the lack of complexity is because they are stupid. This is grandiosity.
PARANOIA
Similarity, or above.
Paranoia is the notion that others may think similarly complex as the self.
We can assume others are like us, that they think theoretically, abstractly, deeply, too deeply to a fault. Then people’s simple behaviors, and outward appearance can appear like a façade. Then, these schizophrenics might develop a social façade too. This is applicable to non-schizophrenics too tho. It’s just an exaggeration with schizophrenics. Trying to decipher other people’s hidden lives, beneath the façade, is paranoia.
Link to the outro track: https://soundcloud.com/cosmicrush/aboveawe