This song, to me, is about growing up and moving away. For some reason when I listen to it I imagine the singer writing a letter to this guy named Steven, although I have no evidence as to why I get that image. It seems that the singer could be going off to boarding school or college, but regardless, he's moved away from a childhood friend and is sad that they are both getting older. During the transition the singer stops recognizing himself, saying, "Maybe I want to be myself, but I am somebody else."
One of the main themes is personal responsibility that comes from adulthood (I'd be overly flattered to feel so shattered to, have something broken and fixed.) When you're a kid, you can have something "broken and fixed" by adults, but once you mature it isn't so simple.
The speaker clearly misses Steven but also the childhood innocence that he possessed, hence, "I swear that I will pull you from the wreckage of this sunday, monday routine. I will pull you from the wreckage. oh, don't you need me on my own." He wishes they could both revert to that younger mindset they had together.
As for the labor analogy (Nine months later, I'm the lonely one, with all the fruit of labor and half of the fun.)- I think it's just a witty pun, like he's been the only one really buckling down and working the past 9 months (also that's the amount of time in a school year? just sayin) but because of this maturity nothing is as fun.
So yes. As other people have said, it's about maturing into an adult. That's just my break down of some lines.
This song, to me, is about growing up and moving away. For some reason when I listen to it I imagine the singer writing a letter to this guy named Steven, although I have no evidence as to why I get that image. It seems that the singer could be going off to boarding school or college, but regardless, he's moved away from a childhood friend and is sad that they are both getting older. During the transition the singer stops recognizing himself, saying, "Maybe I want to be myself, but I am somebody else."
One of the main themes is personal responsibility that comes from adulthood (I'd be overly flattered to feel so shattered to, have something broken and fixed.) When you're a kid, you can have something "broken and fixed" by adults, but once you mature it isn't so simple.
The speaker clearly misses Steven but also the childhood innocence that he possessed, hence, "I swear that I will pull you from the wreckage of this sunday, monday routine. I will pull you from the wreckage. oh, don't you need me on my own." He wishes they could both revert to that younger mindset they had together.
As for the labor analogy (Nine months later, I'm the lonely one, with all the fruit of labor and half of the fun.)- I think it's just a witty pun, like he's been the only one really buckling down and working the past 9 months (also that's the amount of time in a school year? just sayin) but because of this maturity nothing is as fun.
So yes. As other people have said, it's about maturing into an adult. That's just my break down of some lines.