Just because I'm silly, I'm going to give my interpretation... regardless of how obvious it sounds.
Since Tim is the one who writes all the lyrics, and Tom has had hardships this past year (thank goodness he's getting better!), I believe this song was written about Tom.
"Time to leave this town
Now your dreams have all let you down
No one here will miss you now
Time to wake up and look around"
Meaning that it's time to leave wherever they're from, because they're not going to go anywhere there and all their dreams will fail. Maybe this is how Tim feels Tom felt (too many names!) and when he says, "No one here will miss you now/Time to wake up..." Tom maybe felt no one liked him enough in the first place, and by waking up and looking around, he was oblivious.
"Turn away and turn a head
Just a hopeless dreamer she said"
When he turned away to do what he did, people turned to watch, as in, when he turned away from his life, people started to follow him. Of course, there was the lack of faith there, as some girl called him a hopeless dreamer.
"Eyes of cloud and feet of lead
Find a shore that needs you instead"
Tom's view of the world while high, with cloudy eyes and heavy feet to find a place he fit better. By shore, maybe he means America?
"Time on your hands
World at your feet
No adventure left incomplete"
He has so much time, the world adores him and his music, and by 'adventure' I think he implies that there's no rock left unturned in Tom's world (by rock, I mean drugs?) and he does everything a rockstar is supposed to.
"Find a place where you can hide
From the love that holds you inside
Time's so unkind
Like an old friend leaves you behind"
This is Tim's narrative, where he talks about how he adores Tom, but he's leaving him behind for this new lifestyle. "Time's so unkind" means that they all grow up too fast, and that it's not been a happy ride. He probably feels left behind by Tom's change in personality.
The "He used to be a lovely boy" chorus is describing how Tom used to be before he fell into drugs.
Just my interpretation, though. It sounded better in my head, I guess.
Just because I'm silly, I'm going to give my interpretation... regardless of how obvious it sounds.
Since Tim is the one who writes all the lyrics, and Tom has had hardships this past year (thank goodness he's getting better!), I believe this song was written about Tom.
"Time to leave this town Now your dreams have all let you down No one here will miss you now Time to wake up and look around" Meaning that it's time to leave wherever they're from, because they're not going to go anywhere there and all their dreams will fail. Maybe this is how Tim feels Tom felt (too many names!) and when he says, "No one here will miss you now/Time to wake up..." Tom maybe felt no one liked him enough in the first place, and by waking up and looking around, he was oblivious.
"Turn away and turn a head Just a hopeless dreamer she said" When he turned away to do what he did, people turned to watch, as in, when he turned away from his life, people started to follow him. Of course, there was the lack of faith there, as some girl called him a hopeless dreamer.
"Eyes of cloud and feet of lead Find a shore that needs you instead" Tom's view of the world while high, with cloudy eyes and heavy feet to find a place he fit better. By shore, maybe he means America?
"Time on your hands World at your feet No adventure left incomplete" He has so much time, the world adores him and his music, and by 'adventure' I think he implies that there's no rock left unturned in Tom's world (by rock, I mean drugs?) and he does everything a rockstar is supposed to.
"Find a place where you can hide From the love that holds you inside Time's so unkind Like an old friend leaves you behind" This is Tim's narrative, where he talks about how he adores Tom, but he's leaving him behind for this new lifestyle. "Time's so unkind" means that they all grow up too fast, and that it's not been a happy ride. He probably feels left behind by Tom's change in personality.
The "He used to be a lovely boy" chorus is describing how Tom used to be before he fell into drugs.
Just my interpretation, though. It sounded better in my head, I guess.