I’ve never detected a hint of sarcasm in this song, and if that was the intent I’ll still continue to take this song as I’ve always received it: sweet, sincere, sad, and ultimately uplifting and powerful, an ode to loneliness and the hope of connection. “I'll come running to you, honey, when you want me” is one of the greatest climaxes in rock music and the meaning is that our need to connect can and will break down our barriers and when that happens it’s the most meaningful and wonderful thing there is - “a beginning of a new age.”
I’ve never detected a hint of sarcasm in this song, and if that was the intent I’ll still continue to take this song as I’ve always received it: sweet, sincere, sad, and ultimately uplifting and powerful, an ode to loneliness and the hope of connection. “I'll come running to you, honey, when you want me” is one of the greatest climaxes in rock music and the meaning is that our need to connect can and will break down our barriers and when that happens it’s the most meaningful and wonderful thing there is - “a beginning of a new age.”