Ok, after listening again a few more times over the past few days, I've corrected my own reading of the lyrics:
These tender old, smiling summer eyes,
They win, they win.
Their survival showed us how they could dance like angels.
Even when there's a talking on the clouds, the sun, some of you're never set, just learn to punish.
Being calm inside to hide away from age-old haters and wink(weep?),
Beside, I try to hide, but I recall the alien eyes and what that felt like
'cause they were happy laughing there, the delayed window came
But dont allow yourself to make believe any kind of virtuous life,
Because each of us is both of them, one blowing out, one breathing in.
Now, with these seemingly minor changes, I now think the song is a lesson from the perspective of an old guy thinking back on his life, happy about how it went. At the same time, he's also thinking about other old men who are bitter about their past life events and how he himself was like that once ("beside, i try to hide, but i recall those alien eyes and what that felt like") but once time went on and he gained a better perspective on the events of his life, he started to feel better about them and look at them in a more sentimental way ("the delayed window came"). The song ends with a warning to people who are optimists with smiling summer eyes to not look down on those who are more pessimistic because, after all, we all have both attitudes at different times and without experiencing one attitude, we can't fully experience the other ("one breathing out, one breathing in").
The old man's lesson can then be applied to all kinds of past life events and attitudes, no matter the age of the person.
Ok, after listening again a few more times over the past few days, I've corrected my own reading of the lyrics:
These tender old, smiling summer eyes, They win, they win. Their survival showed us how they could dance like angels. Even when there's a talking on the clouds, the sun, some of you're never set, just learn to punish. Being calm inside to hide away from age-old haters and wink(weep?), Beside, I try to hide, but I recall the alien eyes and what that felt like 'cause they were happy laughing there, the delayed window came But dont allow yourself to make believe any kind of virtuous life, Because each of us is both of them, one blowing out, one breathing in.
Now, with these seemingly minor changes, I now think the song is a lesson from the perspective of an old guy thinking back on his life, happy about how it went. At the same time, he's also thinking about other old men who are bitter about their past life events and how he himself was like that once ("beside, i try to hide, but i recall those alien eyes and what that felt like") but once time went on and he gained a better perspective on the events of his life, he started to feel better about them and look at them in a more sentimental way ("the delayed window came"). The song ends with a warning to people who are optimists with smiling summer eyes to not look down on those who are more pessimistic because, after all, we all have both attitudes at different times and without experiencing one attitude, we can't fully experience the other ("one breathing out, one breathing in").
The old man's lesson can then be applied to all kinds of past life events and attitudes, no matter the age of the person.