My interpretation is that the speaker in the lyrics is referring to a female acquaintance who's going through a tough time with an adolescent son. the speaker doesn't know her too well but the only time they've talked he's become concerned with her maternal plight. ''your son has set his sights upon the moon/he might replace the old with the moon'' he's objectively telling the girl that her son is soon to ignore the older people around him and embrace freedom. he advices her not ''to turn a deaf ear to the noises you hear''...i imagine the son bringing a girlfriend to the bedroom and them having sex while the mother is in the house. the speaker's telling her not to pretend nothing's happening and to acknowledge reality.
wonderful song. wonnerful lyrics, a quotidian masterstroke
My interpretation is that the speaker in the lyrics is referring to a female acquaintance who's going through a tough time with an adolescent son. the speaker doesn't know her too well but the only time they've talked he's become concerned with her maternal plight. ''your son has set his sights upon the moon/he might replace the old with the moon'' he's objectively telling the girl that her son is soon to ignore the older people around him and embrace freedom. he advices her not ''to turn a deaf ear to the noises you hear''...i imagine the son bringing a girlfriend to the bedroom and them having sex while the mother is in the house. the speaker's telling her not to pretend nothing's happening and to acknowledge reality.
wonderful song. wonnerful lyrics, a quotidian masterstroke