Wishes

Some great interpretations on here, particularly the one below mine. Here is my individual take on the song:

I get the feeling that the "roses on the lawn" (which we later learn are on a hill) lyric refers to age and love. Firstly, the expression "over the hill" typically means old, and secondly, roses are a signifier for love and romance. This might mean that love, or the memory of it can come at any time, young or old.

"In a daze, it will change" might refer to the expiration of youth - suddenly growing older, or being in a loving relationship one minute, then alone the next.

"The voices in the hall Will carry on their talking Carry weight you can't take"

• I took this to be a reference to the trials and tribulations of love and relationships and that sometimes a person can take on too much for themselves. Maybe the person themself is carrying too much weight (metaphorically speaking), or maybe the significant other is helping them carry that weight.

"Is it even real?" - is this love real? Is this feeling real? One of the more obvious meanings.

"The contact that you make The moment when a memory aches Who can tell? You do it well"

• Perhaps after the relationship is over you think back to it with longing and sadness, but who can tell? You do it well (getting on with life, putting on a happy face, or something along those lines).

"How's it supposed to feel?" - how is love supposed to feel? Or how is it supposed to feel when it's over and you've grown old? Is longing for that past love normal?

"One in your life, it happens once and rarely twice" - you only have one true love in your lifetime, although sometimes you might get lucky and experience true love twice. It doesn't matter whether you're young or old - the roses on the lawn, won't know which side you're on, on that hill, forever still - love is infinite and isn't reserved for just the young, or just the old.

The only lyric that really confuses me is "wishes on a wheel". I've had a few ideas, such as whether it refers to wishing on something that is constantly in motion - such as life, the world. We all have wishes. Maybe when you're finally over the hill you wish for the love you experienced in youth. Throughout your life you will make wishes that concern love, and those wishes will change (or move) as you do.