about the whole 1984 thing.....i don't it referes to any one person or that the song is necessarily dedicated to someone. i think that 1984 line might possibly be a reference to the book 1984. someone on youtube said that, and after they said it i agree with them. anyway.....the way i see it, this song is about LIFE- in general, and the differet parts of life. The 1st verse is about education- your early years, the second, talking about failure and everyone playing the game, is about (perhaps) work and career. or at least it can be realted to that. every one is so pressured to be successful and wealthy,, but no one's perfect- we all mess up at work some times, and struggle- but we continue in the rat race of work and economy b/c we need the money and we all have this drive to be successful, hence the "everybody plays the game, and if you don't you're called insane." the last verse is about perhaps about the social aspect of life- dating, relationships, relating to other people and forming friendships/bonds with those of your gender and those who are not. to me that verse is like observations noe might make from just spending time with people in a social setting. i think the few other parts ("when i said i can see me in your eyes...", "dont dont dont dont...", and the "why not try it all"....) to me those are things you might experience during each as[ect of life that's mentioned. the friendship-romance part sounds like a conversation b/w two young people, the 1984 verse could be maybe relating to how one might look to novels for life lessons (if the person i came across who suggested the 1984 part is about the book, is right), and the "why not try it all" part is about how we might not like everything in life but we shouldn't shut ourselves off from it oor others, we should try to experience as much as possible while we still have the time
about the whole 1984 thing.....i don't it referes to any one person or that the song is necessarily dedicated to someone. i think that 1984 line might possibly be a reference to the book 1984. someone on youtube said that, and after they said it i agree with them. anyway.....the way i see it, this song is about LIFE- in general, and the differet parts of life. The 1st verse is about education- your early years, the second, talking about failure and everyone playing the game, is about (perhaps) work and career. or at least it can be realted to that. every one is so pressured to be successful and wealthy,, but no one's perfect- we all mess up at work some times, and struggle- but we continue in the rat race of work and economy b/c we need the money and we all have this drive to be successful, hence the "everybody plays the game, and if you don't you're called insane." the last verse is about perhaps about the social aspect of life- dating, relationships, relating to other people and forming friendships/bonds with those of your gender and those who are not. to me that verse is like observations noe might make from just spending time with people in a social setting. i think the few other parts ("when i said i can see me in your eyes...", "dont dont dont dont...", and the "why not try it all"....) to me those are things you might experience during each as[ect of life that's mentioned. the friendship-romance part sounds like a conversation b/w two young people, the 1984 verse could be maybe relating to how one might look to novels for life lessons (if the person i came across who suggested the 1984 part is about the book, is right), and the "why not try it all" part is about how we might not like everything in life but we shouldn't shut ourselves off from it oor others, we should try to experience as much as possible while we still have the time