it's about typical angsty youth, and realizing dissatisfaction and discontent with the world is something people have been feeling for years (hence the connections to simon and garfunkel and holden caufield, icons of the past).
also, those last lines aren't correct:
"i am man with guitar, i am three's company
it's the end of the world, sit and watch with me."
the only reason they aren't included in the booklet is cos of a lyric change.
this song is definitely not about a breakup.
it's about typical angsty youth, and realizing dissatisfaction and discontent with the world is something people have been feeling for years (hence the connections to simon and garfunkel and holden caufield, icons of the past).
also, those last lines aren't correct:
"i am man with guitar, i am three's company it's the end of the world, sit and watch with me."
the only reason they aren't included in the booklet is cos of a lyric change.
straight from brendan himself.