I don't think the song is that straightforward. I think there's a lot of irony in it.
My guess is, it is indeed about being young, about thinking you're the coolest thing in the universe, that only you have the right thoughts, and that you're the one that's finally going to "change the world".
Almost all of us are going through this when we're young, and I don't think there's a way around it. Then we're "going down". That's when some of us find something that helps them become a person they never thought they'd be.
I think the main theme of the song is similar to "I Was Wrong". And I'm sure that those who now think that this song is a "young rebel anthem", in a few years will find it to be kind of satiric.
I don't think the song is that straightforward. I think there's a lot of irony in it.
My guess is, it is indeed about being young, about thinking you're the coolest thing in the universe, that only you have the right thoughts, and that you're the one that's finally going to "change the world". Almost all of us are going through this when we're young, and I don't think there's a way around it. Then we're "going down". That's when some of us find something that helps them become a person they never thought they'd be.
I think the main theme of the song is similar to "I Was Wrong". And I'm sure that those who now think that this song is a "young rebel anthem", in a few years will find it to be kind of satiric.