Even though you can find many different meanings into this song, the main theme behind it (and the whole album) is actually the zodiac, if you check the booklet you'll see that each song has one of the zodiac signs associated with it, in this case is Capricorn, and the song basically depicts how Capricornians are supposed to be:
Pessimistic and Rigid
Fatalistic and Over Conventional
Miserly and Grudging
Lonely and Melancholy
TEOATTC is a concept album, but you only notice that if you have the booklet that tells you how the songs and signs are associated.
Even though you can find many different meanings into this song, the main theme behind it (and the whole album) is actually the zodiac, if you check the booklet you'll see that each song has one of the zodiac signs associated with it, in this case is Capricorn, and the song basically depicts how Capricornians are supposed to be: Pessimistic and Rigid Fatalistic and Over Conventional Miserly and Grudging Lonely and Melancholy
TEOATTC is a concept album, but you only notice that if you have the booklet that tells you how the songs and signs are associated.