The song really is about greed and how being greedy can cause one to miss out on fun in life. It can be likened to the end of the Charles Dickens' story A Christmas Carol, where Ebeneezer Scrooge realizes just what his greed has gotten him and changes his ways. Here King Midas (Not sure who this is exactly - maybe someone profiting off the Vietnam war?) also realizes that he cannot go back and change the past.
The song really is about greed and how being greedy can cause one to miss out on fun in life. It can be likened to the end of the Charles Dickens' story A Christmas Carol, where Ebeneezer Scrooge realizes just what his greed has gotten him and changes his ways. Here King Midas (Not sure who this is exactly - maybe someone profiting off the Vietnam war?) also realizes that he cannot go back and change the past.