Tamino is one of my fav songwriters out right now. Each song he writes sounds like a poem. As far as the song goes, I'm not 100% sure what it means but I read an interpretation that was similar to yours where it could be seen as him talking about someone he admired or even deeply cared about and how they tried to use fame and love from others as a way to ignore their own internal issues and kind of hide from whatever shame they have in their life. And with that, they've lost their way a bit and have turned their back on any authenticity. But then there's another interpretation where he could potentially be talking about himself from a third person perspective... so i think it's all up to the listener at this point.
