I'm not sure I quite finished my interpretation. I left out my favorite line, that being the end of the chorus, "the best that we can hope for is to be laughing when we finally hit the ground." As long as you can die happy doing what you want to be doing then, well, you win. That's the best that anyone can ask for is to be happy when they die.
Or perhaps just to be so hard-headed as to arrogantly laugh in the face of death.
I'm not sure I quite finished my interpretation. I left out my favorite line, that being the end of the chorus, "the best that we can hope for is to be laughing when we finally hit the ground." As long as you can die happy doing what you want to be doing then, well, you win. That's the best that anyone can ask for is to be happy when they die.
Or perhaps just to be so hard-headed as to arrogantly laugh in the face of death.