I think this is a song about how we all have these massive hopes and dreams which we could achieve if we put the time in, but our "Weevil Brides", as they were, drag us down and stop us going places. So many people put down a lifelong accomplishment after their wife/husband gets irked by how it interferes with their selfish desires, and just settle back into the mundane family life, before eventually they're forgotten and their potential is wasted.
I think this is a song about how we all have these massive hopes and dreams which we could achieve if we put the time in, but our "Weevil Brides", as they were, drag us down and stop us going places. So many people put down a lifelong accomplishment after their wife/husband gets irked by how it interferes with their selfish desires, and just settle back into the mundane family life, before eventually they're forgotten and their potential is wasted.