I thought it was pretty obvious what this song meant. There's this guy, and from birth, he's been well off, and from childhood, he wasn't satisfied with everything he had and his ability to have it all. My favorite line, "I love life, but life has a boyfriend," doesn't strike me as implying he was unhappy because of unrequited love; I see it more as he knows he's well off with all he has but he's still not happy. This constant unhappiness that he doesn't try to shake and his unappreciative attitude towards things like wealth and the love of his life make him wish for death consistently. Then on his deathbed, he finally learns to appreciate it all, and wants "one more birthday" to prove he can really appreciate it all.
I thought it was pretty obvious what this song meant. There's this guy, and from birth, he's been well off, and from childhood, he wasn't satisfied with everything he had and his ability to have it all. My favorite line, "I love life, but life has a boyfriend," doesn't strike me as implying he was unhappy because of unrequited love; I see it more as he knows he's well off with all he has but he's still not happy. This constant unhappiness that he doesn't try to shake and his unappreciative attitude towards things like wealth and the love of his life make him wish for death consistently. Then on his deathbed, he finally learns to appreciate it all, and wants "one more birthday" to prove he can really appreciate it all.