Like so many of his other songs - Brothers in Arms, Where do you think you're going - it's an exploration of men's attitudes. The biker can't see life as other than a game where he must keep winning, and he mustn't show weakness - he's got to stick to his guns no matter what. His wife is trying to say there's other stuff in life worth living for, her love for example, but he just can't see it.
Like so many of his other songs - Brothers in Arms, Where do you think you're going - it's an exploration of men's attitudes. The biker can't see life as other than a game where he must keep winning, and he mustn't show weakness - he's got to stick to his guns no matter what. His wife is trying to say there's other stuff in life worth living for, her love for example, but he just can't see it.