Nah. I think this one's relatively simple. Considering that the entire album deals with endings of different sorts, this one is about the fear that "all good things must come to an end".
The character is seeing dreams of how he and his girlfriend will change as they grow older and his close-to-perfect relationship coming to an end. Later it is revealed that the girl is afraid of the same thing.
"Is this what it means to be free?" is all about this idea: that there are no metaphysical forces shaping our destiny to be glorious, just slow decay. In the end of the song, their fears have taken over and THAT is actually what finally destroys the relationship. Illusions of perfect happiness fade; the premonitions come real, but only because the couple caused it themselves by worrying about it.
Nah. I think this one's relatively simple. Considering that the entire album deals with endings of different sorts, this one is about the fear that "all good things must come to an end".
The character is seeing dreams of how he and his girlfriend will change as they grow older and his close-to-perfect relationship coming to an end. Later it is revealed that the girl is afraid of the same thing.
"Is this what it means to be free?" is all about this idea: that there are no metaphysical forces shaping our destiny to be glorious, just slow decay. In the end of the song, their fears have taken over and THAT is actually what finally destroys the relationship. Illusions of perfect happiness fade; the premonitions come real, but only because the couple caused it themselves by worrying about it.