Not much of this song makes sense to me, but here's a theory, anyway: Maybe it's about growing up and figuring out what to do with your life.
I think the summer--as in "because I can see the summer's done"--is a metaphor for childhood. Both are thought of as fun, happy, carefree times. When you grow up, you have to start narrowing down the possibilities for your future that once seemed "as endless as the sky." But maybe he doesn't know exactly what he wants to do now, or he's acknowledging that life doesn't always work out the way you plan, hence "and pray I float the way I think I want."
I'm not just talking about career choices, by the way, but in the larger scheme of things: what sort of life do I want? What will make me happy?
I admit that this interpretation works better on the first verse than on the second, but I think it could fit there, too. And it makes a lot of sense when you consider the fact that they were juniors (?) in college when they wrote it...this is the sort of thing you think a lot about when you're 20.
Not much of this song makes sense to me, but here's a theory, anyway: Maybe it's about growing up and figuring out what to do with your life.
I think the summer--as in "because I can see the summer's done"--is a metaphor for childhood. Both are thought of as fun, happy, carefree times. When you grow up, you have to start narrowing down the possibilities for your future that once seemed "as endless as the sky." But maybe he doesn't know exactly what he wants to do now, or he's acknowledging that life doesn't always work out the way you plan, hence "and pray I float the way I think I want."
I'm not just talking about career choices, by the way, but in the larger scheme of things: what sort of life do I want? What will make me happy?
I admit that this interpretation works better on the first verse than on the second, but I think it could fit there, too. And it makes a lot of sense when you consider the fact that they were juniors (?) in college when they wrote it...this is the sort of thing you think a lot about when you're 20.