It's hard to say what everything means. However, one thing is clear, Tim isn't actually alone in the song. Lars is there. So are three Puerto Ricans. It's not that kind of loneliness. You could be in a room with a hundred people and feel lonely. You could be in a city, watching a thousand people go home from work, and feel lonely. One could say that you feel even more lonely that way.
However, Tim is still with Lars. So the song isn't just about being lonely. It's about that unexplainable loneliness. The best he can do to describe it is say that there's "something burning deep inside of [him]." He knows he feels alone, but he doesn't really know why. Though he does know that the city isn't making him feel any less lonely.
This song is obviously about loneliness.
It's hard to say what everything means. However, one thing is clear, Tim isn't actually alone in the song. Lars is there. So are three Puerto Ricans. It's not that kind of loneliness. You could be in a room with a hundred people and feel lonely. You could be in a city, watching a thousand people go home from work, and feel lonely. One could say that you feel even more lonely that way.
However, Tim is still with Lars. So the song isn't just about being lonely. It's about that unexplainable loneliness. The best he can do to describe it is say that there's "something burning deep inside of [him]." He knows he feels alone, but he doesn't really know why. Though he does know that the city isn't making him feel any less lonely.