It sounds like it means murphy's law. because the repetitive lyrics "what will happen will happen" means the same as "Whatever Can Happen, Will happen."
but explained on the commentary neil wrote this song as an upbeat rebuttal to some of his friends who were feeling miserable after the result of the 2004 US presidential election
It sounds like it means murphy's law. because the repetitive lyrics "what will happen will happen" means the same as "Whatever Can Happen, Will happen." but explained on the commentary neil wrote this song as an upbeat rebuttal to some of his friends who were feeling miserable after the result of the 2004 US presidential election