I know this reply is incredibly late, but I'm not saying the story with the boy is false at all! If anything I believe that to be the real meaning above all other interpretations.
What I'm saying is, if you want to look at the song in a different way, to add variety in how we're all looking at this song, then that can be a different tangent. It'd get very boring very quickly if every song only had one absolute meaning, and nothing else could be said about it, right? :D
I get what you are trying to say, it's just that with songs like these, there is no room for interpretation. When musical artists write a song about true stories and then discuss them publicly, the meaning of the song becomes that and only that. Doug talked about how his heart was absolutely breaking for this little boy because he was literally dying and all he could think about was that he had disappointed his father. So yes, of course, every song is open for interpretation, but Doug's interview has pretty much shot down any other meaning that people have...
I get what you are trying to say, it's just that with songs like these, there is no room for interpretation. When musical artists write a song about true stories and then discuss them publicly, the meaning of the song becomes that and only that. Doug talked about how his heart was absolutely breaking for this little boy because he was literally dying and all he could think about was that he had disappointed his father. So yes, of course, every song is open for interpretation, but Doug's interview has pretty much shot down any other meaning that people have considered.
I know this reply is incredibly late, but I'm not saying the story with the boy is false at all! If anything I believe that to be the real meaning above all other interpretations.
What I'm saying is, if you want to look at the song in a different way, to add variety in how we're all looking at this song, then that can be a different tangent. It'd get very boring very quickly if every song only had one absolute meaning, and nothing else could be said about it, right? :D
I get what you are trying to say, it's just that with songs like these, there is no room for interpretation. When musical artists write a song about true stories and then discuss them publicly, the meaning of the song becomes that and only that. Doug talked about how his heart was absolutely breaking for this little boy because he was literally dying and all he could think about was that he had disappointed his father. So yes, of course, every song is open for interpretation, but Doug's interview has pretty much shot down any other meaning that people have...
I get what you are trying to say, it's just that with songs like these, there is no room for interpretation. When musical artists write a song about true stories and then discuss them publicly, the meaning of the song becomes that and only that. Doug talked about how his heart was absolutely breaking for this little boy because he was literally dying and all he could think about was that he had disappointed his father. So yes, of course, every song is open for interpretation, but Doug's interview has pretty much shot down any other meaning that people have considered.