this has been described as a postive song by some critics but I see it as a totally sarcastic, truly funny song about always forcing ourselves to believe that things will all turn out right in the future. he's describing this as a sad game, and the longer you play it, the closer you get to the 'long long sleep (death)' before anything ever gets 'well'. so the message might be: stop fooling yourself about the future and live now. at least, that's the message I get from it.
this has been described as a postive song by some critics but I see it as a totally sarcastic, truly funny song about always forcing ourselves to believe that things will all turn out right in the future. he's describing this as a sad game, and the longer you play it, the closer you get to the 'long long sleep (death)' before anything ever gets 'well'. so the message might be: stop fooling yourself about the future and live now. at least, that's the message I get from it.