Been there, done that, got the tee-shirt. It looks to me like divorce. I agree with the above interpretations about a relationship gone wrong, then the part about "I read every word, and I still don't understand" could be divorce papers, or a dear john letter -- you wanted it to last, so you don't understand how it could come to this. And you have to "sign the line". Maybe he's in line to file the papers, I don't know. And ying and yan represents opposite qualities or male and female.
And yes, he tries to turn to spirituality for help, but it doesn't change the situation or make it go away. In the relationship, you are always arguing, "Whether you win or lose
Isn't gonna change a single thing". It stills hurts and it's still over. You feel hopeless.
On the other hand, it could easily be some other situation, like dealing with a negative story about you in the newspaper, or a letter denying you your goals, your dreams, hence the title, "pipe dreams". Wiki- "A pipe dream is a fantastic hope or plan that is generally regarded as being nearly impossible to achieve."
I like what violetzebras said, "I think this song is about being stuck in a really hopeless place. Just living every single day in the same way and not finding any joy in your life. " leaving it more general, to many situations.
Been there, done that, got the tee-shirt. It looks to me like divorce. I agree with the above interpretations about a relationship gone wrong, then the part about "I read every word, and I still don't understand" could be divorce papers, or a dear john letter -- you wanted it to last, so you don't understand how it could come to this. And you have to "sign the line". Maybe he's in line to file the papers, I don't know. And ying and yan represents opposite qualities or male and female. And yes, he tries to turn to spirituality for help, but it doesn't change the situation or make it go away. In the relationship, you are always arguing, "Whether you win or lose Isn't gonna change a single thing". It stills hurts and it's still over. You feel hopeless.
On the other hand, it could easily be some other situation, like dealing with a negative story about you in the newspaper, or a letter denying you your goals, your dreams, hence the title, "pipe dreams". Wiki- "A pipe dream is a fantastic hope or plan that is generally regarded as being nearly impossible to achieve."
I like what violetzebras said, "I think this song is about being stuck in a really hopeless place. Just living every single day in the same way and not finding any joy in your life. " leaving it more general, to many situations.