balloon maker Lyrics

Lyric discussion by U4ia 

Cover art for balloon maker lyrics by Midlake

I agree in the sense i agree that the balloon maker symbolizes innocence, but more specifically i believe it is about growing up in general. The balloons signify having childish fun or as the song puts it, wasting some time to come see the sun, the outlawing of balloons is societies definition of what being grown up is. Beautiful.