In my opinion, the song is just about how it's easier to dream than it is to do something good. "It ain't easy to get to heaven when you're going down." The beginning is saying when you're looking at the sea (or just in deep thought) you can think about everything possible, but when you look at the town, you just see all of the problems.
In my opinion, the song is just about how it's easier to dream than it is to do something good. "It ain't easy to get to heaven when you're going down." The beginning is saying when you're looking at the sea (or just in deep thought) you can think about everything possible, but when you look at the town, you just see all of the problems.