Just a thought: I think by saying 'They say Confucius does his crossword with a pen', she might be making a nod at the afterlife not having any cultural or period boundaries -- that after death, tradition is easily be replaced by convenience, even among those who came long before. It kind of plays in with the happy, carefree theme of the song. I don’t know, I could be wrong, but that is how I see it, anyway.
Just a thought: I think by saying 'They say Confucius does his crossword with a pen', she might be making a nod at the afterlife not having any cultural or period boundaries -- that after death, tradition is easily be replaced by convenience, even among those who came long before. It kind of plays in with the happy, carefree theme of the song. I don’t know, I could be wrong, but that is how I see it, anyway.