Well, I can see that no-one else has yet had this reading, but what I get from this song isn't so much about the narrator being inlove with the girl.
Rather, I'm hearing a slightly older [but still young] narrator telling this prodigy-esque young woman who is spouting nihlistic veiws that while she's right that the world is a pretty drafty place, she should try and find her youthful joy while she can. "You're brilliant, but lay off the exitentialism or you'll end up like me." So it's not even that the narrotor is presenting himself as a love interest, just that Sheila should loosen up a bit.
Well, I can see that no-one else has yet had this reading, but what I get from this song isn't so much about the narrator being inlove with the girl. Rather, I'm hearing a slightly older [but still young] narrator telling this prodigy-esque young woman who is spouting nihlistic veiws that while she's right that the world is a pretty drafty place, she should try and find her youthful joy while she can. "You're brilliant, but lay off the exitentialism or you'll end up like me." So it's not even that the narrotor is presenting himself as a love interest, just that Sheila should loosen up a bit.