You are all wrong. The song is about alienation and loneliness. It's about either not being of this (social) world (e.g., Nietzsche) or about noticing something wrong with society (e.g., Daniel Quinn). He's driving and he realizes that he can end it all ala Jackson Pollock. The optimism at the end is the realization that he can kill himself. Get depressed and drive - you'll see.
You are all wrong. The song is about alienation and loneliness. It's about either not being of this (social) world (e.g., Nietzsche) or about noticing something wrong with society (e.g., Daniel Quinn). He's driving and he realizes that he can end it all ala Jackson Pollock. The optimism at the end is the realization that he can kill himself. Get depressed and drive - you'll see.