To me it seems that the song starts out pretty nostalgic, with him remembering another time before responsibility, when you would "sing about a golden age."
I think the most important part of this song is certainly this stanza:
And I don't miss my little golden age
Cause the body takes the heart, takes the heart from place to place
But this place still stands, this place remains unchanged
And you can't go back but who would want to anyway
He doesn't miss it, because he realizes that every part of life is simply another phase, and if he wants to return to one phase, he'll find himself missing out on all the other phases of life. He also makes the statement that his little golden age will always be the same. It will always be perfect, and I think he doesn't want to return to that time because the nostalgia will be gone and it will no longer be perfect.
To me it seems that the song starts out pretty nostalgic, with him remembering another time before responsibility, when you would "sing about a golden age."
I think the most important part of this song is certainly this stanza:
And I don't miss my little golden age Cause the body takes the heart, takes the heart from place to place But this place still stands, this place remains unchanged And you can't go back but who would want to anyway
He doesn't miss it, because he realizes that every part of life is simply another phase, and if he wants to return to one phase, he'll find himself missing out on all the other phases of life. He also makes the statement that his little golden age will always be the same. It will always be perfect, and I think he doesn't want to return to that time because the nostalgia will be gone and it will no longer be perfect.
Perfect song for the everyman.