The first verse, the one the joker says, reflects the joker's feelings of how people view him. I believe that he feels people don't respect him because his profession is playing the fool. He is not the fool in real life, and can see problems and the meaning of life that others cannot see because they are narrow minded. The second verse, with the thief speaking, is about not worrying about what everyone else feels. The rest of the world (not these two) is playing the fool and cannot see what is clearly there. The thief feels that the world should be left in its ignorance because they will not accept what these two see. The thief I feel is knowledgeable about everything and knows everything that is going on because people look down on him and ignore him when he is walking the streets as a shady character.
As they approach the city, they are embarking on a new adventure, a new life within the judgemental stigma that follows them everywhere. This time though, they will not let it affect them, they will not be pushed down into a category and ignored. The thief, being the more wise character, will take the lead. They will spark change in the new city into which they are coming. If the change is not welcome, or they are thrown out of the city, they will travel on, determined to find one place that will accept them as they are, without putting them into categories.
This song is about finding your place in the world, not relying on what others think of you and how you are placed in a category. You must stop worrying about what others think because they cannot see the world from your point of view. Only you alone can stand up for what you believe in because no one else believes in exactly the same thing.
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