I suppose it makes sense that this song be about Kafka's story, but for me it holds another meaning. For me, this song is about someone in a really dark state of mind, perhaps psychotically depressed. "The changes at night" refer to his tormented mental state and the people who "sleep in a safe bed" are the society around him that don't share his torment and are simply getting on with their lives. These people are "unaware" of the torments he is going through, and the narrator feels increasingly alienated from them. For me, this song reflects the sense of alienation and despair that some people feel and the contrast with others who can't relate to their anguish, but it seems someone always "has to be there" in that dark tortured inner world. Another sad and moving song about the human condition. At least that's how I interpret it.
I suppose it makes sense that this song be about Kafka's story, but for me it holds another meaning. For me, this song is about someone in a really dark state of mind, perhaps psychotically depressed. "The changes at night" refer to his tormented mental state and the people who "sleep in a safe bed" are the society around him that don't share his torment and are simply getting on with their lives. These people are "unaware" of the torments he is going through, and the narrator feels increasingly alienated from them. For me, this song reflects the sense of alienation and despair that some people feel and the contrast with others who can't relate to their anguish, but it seems someone always "has to be there" in that dark tortured inner world. Another sad and moving song about the human condition. At least that's how I interpret it.