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All Possibilities Meanings & Lyrics Discussion by delial | SongMeaningsEdited by delial on May 28 2008, at 06:33AM" />
to me, it's about how you feel after a "moment of clarity." basically, something very good happened to the narrator, and this song is his reaction afterwards, where he's looking at how things are in his life, and looking at the things he's managed to pull through, and having hope for the future because of some sudden realization he's had, or some random good thing that has just happened. meanwhile, someone else("you're seeing the world through cynical eyes") is looking at those things as well and giving up, seeing the future as without hope at all. so this song is really the guy singing about looking at those things from a more positive perspective, and thus looking forward to the future with hope rather than recoiling from it in fear, trying to get the negative guy to understand and hopefully feel the same kind of hope he does.
...after rereading this comment, it reminds me of the dynamics of a relationship. perhaps the guy singing is positive and thinks his relationship with the girl is full of promise and he's hopeful, whereas the girl is being cynical and full of doubts. he's singing about his own hope with the, well, hope that she'll feel the same.<p><b><i>Edited by delial on May 28 2008, at 06:33AM</i></b></p>
to me, it's about how you feel after a "moment of clarity." basically, something very good happened to the narrator, and this song is his reaction afterwards, where he's looking at how things are in his life, and looking at the things he's managed to pull through, and having hope for the future because of some sudden realization he's had, or some random good thing that has just happened. meanwhile, someone else("you're seeing the world through cynical eyes") is looking at those things as well and giving up, seeing the future as without hope at all. so this song is really the guy singing about looking at those things from a more positive perspective, and thus looking forward to the future with hope rather than recoiling from it in fear, trying to get the negative guy to understand and hopefully feel the same kind of hope he does.
...after rereading this comment, it reminds me of the dynamics of a relationship. perhaps the guy singing is positive and thinks his relationship with the girl is full of promise and he's hopeful, whereas the girl is being cynical and full of doubts. he's singing about his own hope with the, well, hope that she'll feel the same.<p><b><i>Edited by delial on May 28 2008, at 06:33AM</i></b></p>