This song calls up feelings of oppression, of the general destructiveness of society on the individual. "I was just a child then, now I'm only a man." You start off beautiful and bright as a child, but the world quickly forces you out of that innocent light. It also makes me think of regrets...the whole idea of "possible pasts", the great "what might have beens". The chorus is pure rejection. The individual is no longer good enough for whoever he's speaking too. Of course this song has a meaning more directly relating to the album, but these are the connotations of the song for me.
This song calls up feelings of oppression, of the general destructiveness of society on the individual. "I was just a child then, now I'm only a man." You start off beautiful and bright as a child, but the world quickly forces you out of that innocent light. It also makes me think of regrets...the whole idea of "possible pasts", the great "what might have beens". The chorus is pure rejection. The individual is no longer good enough for whoever he's speaking too. Of course this song has a meaning more directly relating to the album, but these are the connotations of the song for me.