I have no idea what the song truly means but my take on it is, is that the person the singer represents is a father talking to a son/daughter that he didn't intend to have. Certain lines such as, "We are uninvited guests / in this melancholy world," and the following lines suggest that is how he once viewed/views the world this way, but realized and, as suggested by the following chorus, is trying to teach his child that it's not so bad as long as you appreciate and value those who care about you. But the son/daughter, for whatever reason, can't accept this.
The chorus, as well as lines following the chorus suggest to me that he's a man of real character. He may have, while seeking a new experience/horizon (drugs, sex... the taking of drugs that led to sex...), gotten someone pregnant, but unlike some men, he didn't shirk from this responsibility. He accepts what he must do and tries, in his own limited way, to do what he can and to provide. Now, he sees his son/daughter going down a similar road and is trying to teach the son/daughter not to do whatever it is he's doing, trying to show him what the right things are to do, and emphasizing that he, the father, would do anything under the sun to see that his child not follow a similar, self-limiting path such as having/causing an unintended pregnancy.
I dunno. That's just the first thing that pops to my mind is. I could be off entirely. shrug
I have no idea what the song truly means but my take on it is, is that the person the singer represents is a father talking to a son/daughter that he didn't intend to have. Certain lines such as, "We are uninvited guests / in this melancholy world," and the following lines suggest that is how he once viewed/views the world this way, but realized and, as suggested by the following chorus, is trying to teach his child that it's not so bad as long as you appreciate and value those who care about you. But the son/daughter, for whatever reason, can't accept this.
The chorus, as well as lines following the chorus suggest to me that he's a man of real character. He may have, while seeking a new experience/horizon (drugs, sex... the taking of drugs that led to sex...), gotten someone pregnant, but unlike some men, he didn't shirk from this responsibility. He accepts what he must do and tries, in his own limited way, to do what he can and to provide. Now, he sees his son/daughter going down a similar road and is trying to teach the son/daughter not to do whatever it is he's doing, trying to show him what the right things are to do, and emphasizing that he, the father, would do anything under the sun to see that his child not follow a similar, self-limiting path such as having/causing an unintended pregnancy.
I dunno. That's just the first thing that pops to my mind is. I could be off entirely. shrug