Perhaps more than the apparent youthful infatuation that it appears at first read. Neil uses two psychological terms in this song, including the title and 'projection' which have a lot to do with seeing things not just as we want to. but with our own envies, needs, wishes, innequities etc... By making somebody or something better in our image, we are somehow trying to make ourselves better. But as we learn with experience, this rarely works.
Perhaps more than the apparent youthful infatuation that it appears at first read. Neil uses two psychological terms in this song, including the title and 'projection' which have a lot to do with seeing things not just as we want to. but with our own envies, needs, wishes, innequities etc... By making somebody or something better in our image, we are somehow trying to make ourselves better. But as we learn with experience, this rarely works.