The main conflict of the book is Oliver's struggle to keep his parents together while also trying to lose his virginity.
The song is about struggle, I thought at first that Alex singing to Oliver, telling him that he's trying to grow up too fast, and that if he'd stop "peppering the pill" with his worry about his parents, he'd probably have a better chance with the girls. The whole thing is about him keeping his head up even when it's hard - "get around the wind" resonates as a nautical term to me, it's difficult to sail into the wind even if you can anticipate it.
The last verse though is about Oliver's parents. "They want the world on a dessert spoon" they want it all to be easy, but it's not, so their going through this divorce. "It always sounds like their fighting, or if that's what they're about to do" is pretty self explanatory. Oliver can hear them fighting all the time. "It doesn't hurt now, but it's gonna hurt soon" they're not done yet, but they're going to be soon, and Oliver's world is going to change.
The main conflict of the book is Oliver's struggle to keep his parents together while also trying to lose his virginity. The song is about struggle, I thought at first that Alex singing to Oliver, telling him that he's trying to grow up too fast, and that if he'd stop "peppering the pill" with his worry about his parents, he'd probably have a better chance with the girls. The whole thing is about him keeping his head up even when it's hard - "get around the wind" resonates as a nautical term to me, it's difficult to sail into the wind even if you can anticipate it.
The last verse though is about Oliver's parents. "They want the world on a dessert spoon" they want it all to be easy, but it's not, so their going through this divorce. "It always sounds like their fighting, or if that's what they're about to do" is pretty self explanatory. Oliver can hear them fighting all the time. "It doesn't hurt now, but it's gonna hurt soon" they're not done yet, but they're going to be soon, and Oliver's world is going to change.