I think you really nailed it, emmerder. This is Overkill's best ballad, and possibly their greatest song. I'd like to add that this song is also about growing up being told lies that whatever you set your mind to can be accomplished, but then you grow up and realize that you don't have the world at your fingertips and you rarely accomplish your hopes and dreams ("Promised the world, as your world changed before your eyes.").
I think you really nailed it, emmerder. This is Overkill's best ballad, and possibly their greatest song. I'd like to add that this song is also about growing up being told lies that whatever you set your mind to can be accomplished, but then you grow up and realize that you don't have the world at your fingertips and you rarely accomplish your hopes and dreams ("Promised the world, as your world changed before your eyes.").