To me it's a coming of age story. It's Adam realizing that he's a grown up for the first time, which fits the time frame in which the song was written pretty well. He's watched all his friends go off on these lives that are so bizarre or degrading. He down-talks himself with "I hope you don't expect me to be crucified, the best they could do is just hange me from the nearest tree" He's not that great to be crucified. I love the lines about the dalmation parade ... "I change my spots over and over but they never seem to fade away" I just think it's about a guy revisiting those he knew in like high school or something and seeing what the world does to people and how much things change. Great song in my opinion with a really cool writing style.
To me it's a coming of age story. It's Adam realizing that he's a grown up for the first time, which fits the time frame in which the song was written pretty well. He's watched all his friends go off on these lives that are so bizarre or degrading. He down-talks himself with "I hope you don't expect me to be crucified, the best they could do is just hange me from the nearest tree" He's not that great to be crucified. I love the lines about the dalmation parade ... "I change my spots over and over but they never seem to fade away" I just think it's about a guy revisiting those he knew in like high school or something and seeing what the world does to people and how much things change. Great song in my opinion with a really cool writing style.