you know, actually, i kind of see it as the opposite of that.
it seems to me like he's addressing someone who is having their birthday and doesn't want to celebrate it because they don't think that it matters. he's telling them to sing happy birthday to themselves, that they should celebrate no matter how mundane or meaningless things seem, no matter if they didn't even have anyone to sing to them.
@Myrmidon
you know, actually, i kind of see it as the opposite of that.
it seems to me like he's addressing someone who is having their birthday and doesn't want to celebrate it because they don't think that it matters. he's telling them to sing happy birthday to themselves, that they should celebrate no matter how mundane or meaningless things seem, no matter if they didn't even have anyone to sing to them.