You folks have me agreeing with all of you, so I'll give you a different take.
Personally—I'll get to the crowd next—I take the song globally, rather than parsing enigmatic lyrics for meaning—and it make me very sad.
Along these lines, if you look at the song's rating on Amazon and iTunes, it's the least popular song on the album. This could be due to a positivity bias; people prefer happy songs, generally.
You folks have me agreeing with all of you, so I'll give you a different take.
Personally—I'll get to the crowd next—I take the song globally, rather than parsing enigmatic lyrics for meaning—and it make me very sad.
Along these lines, if you look at the song's rating on Amazon and iTunes, it's the least popular song on the album. This could be due to a positivity bias; people prefer happy songs, generally.
Eavn Mitchell Stark PhD