The only way I can explain my views on this lyric is to break it down entirely (and due to the lengthiness of this explanation, I've excluded the second half, so ask me if you want the rest):
'Since the day of my departure, I've been stumbling through reality.' His departure is the point in his life when he starts to contemplate the purpose of it all. His dissatisfaction with himself and the world is starting to get to him. 'I play my symphony in reverse, in search of that special path.' He's more than likely wondering what to make out of it, and whether or not there even is, or ever was, a route worth taking.
'Be gentle to the tear in this eye. Lonesome arms lost its wings again.' "Again" is what stands out. He's dying (mentally and so forth) a little bit each day, resulting from his inability to feel secure and wanted, and that his "immature," or otherwise frail side, is in need of compassion.
Now my favorite part; the chorus. This part of the song branches off into a million different ideas, but here is my preferred take on it:
'Buy me a trip to the moon, so I can laugh at my mistakes.' Obviously, taken from a literal viewpoint, you really wouldn't have a care in the world if you were drifting thousands of miles away from it. The best way to "laugh" at your mistakes is to leave them all far behind. 'You see, I can see the end from here.' This line tells you that looking at the big picture, so to speak, lets you get in touch with your own mortality. From there he can clearly "see" his "end" drawing near.
'From this perspective, it looks kind of silly. Satellites and astronauts; tell me there are greater things ahead.' Hear me out on this one. Now that he's seeing Earth from the moon, he's amused at how meaningless and trivial everything is. Therefor, he pleads to the "Satellites and Astronauts" to tell him there are greater things coming. (He more or less is asking a wiser entity, perhaps even God, if there's any meaning at all to the world before him.)
The only way I can explain my views on this lyric is to break it down entirely (and due to the lengthiness of this explanation, I've excluded the second half, so ask me if you want the rest):
'Since the day of my departure, I've been stumbling through reality.' His departure is the point in his life when he starts to contemplate the purpose of it all. His dissatisfaction with himself and the world is starting to get to him. 'I play my symphony in reverse, in search of that special path.' He's more than likely wondering what to make out of it, and whether or not there even is, or ever was, a route worth taking.
'Be gentle to the tear in this eye. Lonesome arms lost its wings again.' "Again" is what stands out. He's dying (mentally and so forth) a little bit each day, resulting from his inability to feel secure and wanted, and that his "immature," or otherwise frail side, is in need of compassion.
Now my favorite part; the chorus. This part of the song branches off into a million different ideas, but here is my preferred take on it:
'Buy me a trip to the moon, so I can laugh at my mistakes.' Obviously, taken from a literal viewpoint, you really wouldn't have a care in the world if you were drifting thousands of miles away from it. The best way to "laugh" at your mistakes is to leave them all far behind. 'You see, I can see the end from here.' This line tells you that looking at the big picture, so to speak, lets you get in touch with your own mortality. From there he can clearly "see" his "end" drawing near.
'From this perspective, it looks kind of silly. Satellites and astronauts; tell me there are greater things ahead.' Hear me out on this one. Now that he's seeing Earth from the moon, he's amused at how meaningless and trivial everything is. Therefor, he pleads to the "Satellites and Astronauts" to tell him there are greater things coming. (He more or less is asking a wiser entity, perhaps even God, if there's any meaning at all to the world before him.)