Lyric discussion by ncc74656m 

Cover art for Better Days lyrics by Bruce Springsteen

Simple song, what's not to understand?

A man who spent so much of his life chasing false hopes and dreams, and spent the better part of the time just "waiting for my life to begin," while the world slipped from him slowly.

It would be appropriate to guess that this is a middle aged man. Anyway, he met a woman who just stole his heart, and she led him to the life he was waiting for.

It's almost advice to those who would do the same thing.