"Who will wear the hat." stands for who will take responsibility when the end comes.
"There are twenty years to go,
The best of all I’d hope,
Enjoy the ride, the medicine show.
Them’s the breaks,
For we designer fakes,
We need to concentrate on more than meets the eye." i believe that these two stanzas belong together and mean that hoping for the best in life and getting on the bandwagon with everyone else is as far as the "designer fakes" get in their thought process and that they need to look deeper into what's happening in the world.
"There are twenty years to go,
The faithful and the low,
The best of starts; the broken heart; the stone.
There are twenty years to go,
The punch-drunk and the blow,
The worst of starts; the mercy part; the phone." these stanzas stand for the different stages and encounters that occur in life and also how the "designer fakes" again in the next stanza stop their thought about such things at the simple phrases at the end of these stanzas. they only scratch the surface of the situation its self. the stone stands for the grave, by the way. the final line means a person starts of life badly finally finds a streak of good luck and then either gets a phonecall that ruins it or a call is made to someone close that something bad has happened.
"There are twenty years to go,
A golden age, I know,
But all will pass will end to fast, you know" life is a gift but will end all to fast
"There are twenty years to go,
And many friends I’d hope,
Though some may hold the rose, some hold the rope." though some friends may attract you due to popularity and beauty (rose)they are "designer fakes". others are truely the ones who will guide you along and save you when you are in need (i.e. they will hold the rope)they are real friends
"That’s the end and that’s the start of it,
That’s the whole and that's the part of it,
That’s the high and that’s the heart of it,
That’s the long and that’s the short of it,
That’s the best and that’s the test of it,
That’s the doubt; doubt the trust in it,
That’s the sight and that’s the sound of it,
That’s the gift, that’s the trick in it." this entire section is not all that complicated. it simpley states that the artist believes that what he's said is truth and that he has stated his pure and untainted opinion. it is also a disclaimer stating that you should develope your own opinion on what he's said
"you're the truth not i" means that you cant take his word for it and to form our own opinions. we are going to be the truth as the youth of the nation and create the truth with our future (i.e. 20 years until we create the real truth. we will be grown and influencing the world).
i love this song and i hope that my interpretation will help some of you find a bit more understanding.
"Who will wear the hat." stands for who will take responsibility when the end comes.
"There are twenty years to go, The best of all I’d hope, Enjoy the ride, the medicine show.
Them’s the breaks, For we designer fakes, We need to concentrate on more than meets the eye." i believe that these two stanzas belong together and mean that hoping for the best in life and getting on the bandwagon with everyone else is as far as the "designer fakes" get in their thought process and that they need to look deeper into what's happening in the world.
"There are twenty years to go, The faithful and the low, The best of starts; the broken heart; the stone.
There are twenty years to go, The punch-drunk and the blow, The worst of starts; the mercy part; the phone." these stanzas stand for the different stages and encounters that occur in life and also how the "designer fakes" again in the next stanza stop their thought about such things at the simple phrases at the end of these stanzas. they only scratch the surface of the situation its self. the stone stands for the grave, by the way. the final line means a person starts of life badly finally finds a streak of good luck and then either gets a phonecall that ruins it or a call is made to someone close that something bad has happened.
"There are twenty years to go, A golden age, I know, But all will pass will end to fast, you know" life is a gift but will end all to fast
"There are twenty years to go, And many friends I’d hope, Though some may hold the rose, some hold the rope." though some friends may attract you due to popularity and beauty (rose)they are "designer fakes". others are truely the ones who will guide you along and save you when you are in need (i.e. they will hold the rope)they are real friends
"That’s the end and that’s the start of it, That’s the whole and that's the part of it, That’s the high and that’s the heart of it, That’s the long and that’s the short of it, That’s the best and that’s the test of it, That’s the doubt; doubt the trust in it, That’s the sight and that’s the sound of it, That’s the gift, that’s the trick in it." this entire section is not all that complicated. it simpley states that the artist believes that what he's said is truth and that he has stated his pure and untainted opinion. it is also a disclaimer stating that you should develope your own opinion on what he's said
"you're the truth not i" means that you cant take his word for it and to form our own opinions. we are going to be the truth as the youth of the nation and create the truth with our future (i.e. 20 years until we create the real truth. we will be grown and influencing the world).
i love this song and i hope that my interpretation will help some of you find a bit more understanding.