I was in Berlin hanging out one night when a guy came up and offered to play music on his acoustic guitar for us. So we decided we wanted to hear Creep. When he finished we did that again. So we stood on the street for about half an hour singing Creep together. And gave him lots of money.
York revealed that this song is "about a drunken guy, troubled by his self-image, for whom the sight of a young beauty brings on a crisis of confidence, and worse" http://nyti.ms/dqJ8s3
I think everyone has felt like this at some point, when you idolise someone and you dont think your good enough for them. I think the frustration and anger that this causes is summed up in the chorus of the tune..
