I don't think the "girl" is real. I tend to interpret this song literally. It's a variation of the short story "An Occurrence on Owl Creek Bridge," which is about a soldier's dying thoughts. The narrator is a dying soldier in an unnamed war, shot in the head in a cornfield. Rather than remember his life, his last fleeting thought is an imaginary girl he may or may not have met.
That's why it says "my impression of you is hard to comprehend/when two people have no time to spend" - he can't fully recall her or know her because he either only knew her briefly- or she's imaginary - which the next line, where she's the "dreamiest girl" takes on a double meaning.
I don't think the "girl" is real. I tend to interpret this song literally. It's a variation of the short story "An Occurrence on Owl Creek Bridge," which is about a soldier's dying thoughts. The narrator is a dying soldier in an unnamed war, shot in the head in a cornfield. Rather than remember his life, his last fleeting thought is an imaginary girl he may or may not have met.
That's why it says "my impression of you is hard to comprehend/when two people have no time to spend" - he can't fully recall her or know her because he either only knew her briefly- or she's imaginary - which the next line, where she's the "dreamiest girl" takes on a double meaning.