Singing Joy to the World Lyrics

Lyric discussion by im4LucasB 

Cover art for Singing Joy to the World lyrics by Fruit Bats

This is my favorite Fruit Bats song, although it's so melancholy. I love the way it's sung. I read some review that said this song was about an imaginary relationship, but I always thought it was real. Obviously the guy had an unrealistic view of the relationship, but lines like "he was fine to just pretend" seem to indicate that he knew it was unrealistic...