Everyone knows that Heaven is a place that you go when you die, right?
To break down the chorus:
"the road that they walk on is paved in gold" --Heaven's streets are supposedly gold.
"And it's always summer they'll never get cold
They'll never get hungry
They'll never get old and gray" -- stuff like that doesn't happen in Heaven
"You can see their shadows wandering off somewhere" -- spirits?
"They won't make it home but they don't really care
They wanted the highway
They're happy there today" -- It's said that people don't miss their earthly lives at all once they get to Heaven.
So, in all probability, both the death and spiritual views of this song could be correct.
Everyone knows that Heaven is a place that you go when you die, right? To break down the chorus: "the road that they walk on is paved in gold" --Heaven's streets are supposedly gold. "And it's always summer they'll never get cold They'll never get hungry They'll never get old and gray" -- stuff like that doesn't happen in Heaven "You can see their shadows wandering off somewhere" -- spirits? "They won't make it home but they don't really care They wanted the highway They're happy there today" -- It's said that people don't miss their earthly lives at all once they get to Heaven. So, in all probability, both the death and spiritual views of this song could be correct.