I see the crying not as innocence and purity, but more as a loss of those things in a move toward responsibility. While I think the crying isn't essential, I think it works well.
The line "We have built this ship in a wine bottle," seems to be a metaphor for a baby growing inside of the womb. Makes sense, right?
And then "I want to be the surgeon that cuts you open, that fixes all of life's mistakes," suggests his longing to rid himself of responsibilities. The "mistake," if you buy the whole baby thing, is conception, and the "surgeon" is an abortionist.
With "The worm in my heart . . ." it seems that the speaker realizes the responsibility and change that a baby will bring, but the girl wants to keep it. Then "Don't adore what is impossible," and "intangible" can also be seen as a demand to get rid of the baby (don't get too attached). "If you knew how it worked, we would have to grow old," finally, seems to say that if the girl knew the negative consequences of having abortion that she wouldn't, and then they would both have to be responsible and grow old.
While the parallels I pointed out are significant, ultimately I think that this song is about growing up, growing old, having responsibilities, being a slave to circumstances, and so on.
I see the crying not as innocence and purity, but more as a loss of those things in a move toward responsibility. While I think the crying isn't essential, I think it works well.
The line "We have built this ship in a wine bottle," seems to be a metaphor for a baby growing inside of the womb. Makes sense, right?
And then "I want to be the surgeon that cuts you open, that fixes all of life's mistakes," suggests his longing to rid himself of responsibilities. The "mistake," if you buy the whole baby thing, is conception, and the "surgeon" is an abortionist.
With "The worm in my heart . . ." it seems that the speaker realizes the responsibility and change that a baby will bring, but the girl wants to keep it. Then "Don't adore what is impossible," and "intangible" can also be seen as a demand to get rid of the baby (don't get too attached). "If you knew how it worked, we would have to grow old," finally, seems to say that if the girl knew the negative consequences of having abortion that she wouldn't, and then they would both have to be responsible and grow old.
While the parallels I pointed out are significant, ultimately I think that this song is about growing up, growing old, having responsibilities, being a slave to circumstances, and so on.