Maybe I am dense, but I don't see this song as "straightforward." Quite the contrary, I see it as extraordinarily complex. From what I can tell, it is a love story and the singer is contemplating the frivolity of her love. She is thinking through the accident of history that has spared them from the many horrors, famine, totalitarianism, war, that have plagued lovers of previous generations. Perhaps she is even going so far as to question the validity of this love, nourished in "Central Park in June", as opposed to the harder circumstances encountered "In another life."
Hi guys,
Maybe I am dense, but I don't see this song as "straightforward." Quite the contrary, I see it as extraordinarily complex. From what I can tell, it is a love story and the singer is contemplating the frivolity of her love. She is thinking through the accident of history that has spared them from the many horrors, famine, totalitarianism, war, that have plagued lovers of previous generations. Perhaps she is even going so far as to question the validity of this love, nourished in "Central Park in June", as opposed to the harder circumstances encountered "In another life."