I always pictured it as being about America after the apocalypse, when it's become a wasteland, and people live in small, scattered communities. And this is about one place being used up("The seeds are planted here, but they won't grow"), and the singer is trying to convince the others to move to a new place ("We won't have to say goodbye, if we all go"), namely, the remnants of Chicago.
I always pictured it as being about America after the apocalypse, when it's become a wasteland, and people live in small, scattered communities. And this is about one place being used up("The seeds are planted here, but they won't grow"), and the singer is trying to convince the others to move to a new place ("We won't have to say goodbye, if we all go"), namely, the remnants of Chicago.