"There are twenty years to go,
And twenty ways to know,
Who will wear,
Who will wear the hat."
This comes across as who will wear down or break down each year within the twenty years. "Who will wear the hat" means who will still be around each year within the twenty years. This lyrical segment is restated with "Though some may hold the rose, some hold the rope.".
"You're the truth not I"
In my opinion, that line means the truth is the by-product of the twenty years, which is the future self. Metaphorically, the twenty years have been condensed down. All the interactions, friendships, experiences, etc. you've accumulated in those short twenty years has made you into the individual you are, the truth...
"That’s the end and that’s the start of it,
That’s the whole and that the part of it,
That’s the high and that’s the heart of it,
That’s the long and that’s the short of it,
That’s the best and that’s the test of it,
That’s the doubt; doubt the trust in it,
That’s the sight and that’s the sound of it,
That’s the gift, that’s the trick in it."
This elaborates on "You're the truth not I". How? Eight descriptive lines are followed by eight repeats of "You're the truth not I", which they make sense when applied in conjunction.
I relate to this song in the sense that I've plotted out the next twenty years of my life with a high degree of malleability, though the end goal is still the same. Sometimes, I think about all the joys, pains, laughs, sorrows, friends, random strangers, new perspectives, etc. I will experience and encounter. I know in twenty years I will be a different person, I will be a by-product of the twenty years. My future self is the truth of the twenty years. My future self is the truth not I.
Just my perspective, which I sometimes feel like I'm in a cocoon...
"There are twenty years to go, And twenty ways to know, Who will wear, Who will wear the hat."
This comes across as who will wear down or break down each year within the twenty years. "Who will wear the hat" means who will still be around each year within the twenty years. This lyrical segment is restated with "Though some may hold the rose, some hold the rope.".
"You're the truth not I"
In my opinion, that line means the truth is the by-product of the twenty years, which is the future self. Metaphorically, the twenty years have been condensed down. All the interactions, friendships, experiences, etc. you've accumulated in those short twenty years has made you into the individual you are, the truth...
"That’s the end and that’s the start of it, That’s the whole and that the part of it, That’s the high and that’s the heart of it, That’s the long and that’s the short of it, That’s the best and that’s the test of it, That’s the doubt; doubt the trust in it, That’s the sight and that’s the sound of it, That’s the gift, that’s the trick in it."
This elaborates on "You're the truth not I". How? Eight descriptive lines are followed by eight repeats of "You're the truth not I", which they make sense when applied in conjunction.
I relate to this song in the sense that I've plotted out the next twenty years of my life with a high degree of malleability, though the end goal is still the same. Sometimes, I think about all the joys, pains, laughs, sorrows, friends, random strangers, new perspectives, etc. I will experience and encounter. I know in twenty years I will be a different person, I will be a by-product of the twenty years. My future self is the truth of the twenty years. My future self is the truth not I.
Just my perspective, which I sometimes feel like I'm in a cocoon...