Like everyone else has been saying, the tempo, tone, and just overall how to the song comes across as upbeat deceives the listener.
"When I was young lying in the grass,
I felt so safe in a warming bath
Of sunlight, of sunlight.
Vast open sky could do no harm.
Like an embrace from mother's arms.
In sunlight, in sunlight.
In sunlight, in sunlight."
The first two stanzas describes how he was young and innocent and everything is going perfectly. Like a child is, hence the words in a mother's arms, think back when you were crying and all it took to make you feel better was a hug from your mom.
"With every year that came to pass.
More clouds appeared till the sky went black.
And there was no sunlight, no sunlight.
And there was no sunlight, no sunlight.
Anymore...
It disappeared at the same speed
as the idealistic things I believed.
The optimist died inside of me."
In the third and fourth stanzas think of it as the person being described is growing up and he is realizing and finally seeing all the bad in the world.
Like everyone else has been saying, the tempo, tone, and just overall how to the song comes across as upbeat deceives the listener.
"When I was young lying in the grass, I felt so safe in a warming bath Of sunlight, of sunlight.
Vast open sky could do no harm. Like an embrace from mother's arms. In sunlight, in sunlight. In sunlight, in sunlight."
The first two stanzas describes how he was young and innocent and everything is going perfectly. Like a child is, hence the words in a mother's arms, think back when you were crying and all it took to make you feel better was a hug from your mom.
"With every year that came to pass. More clouds appeared till the sky went black. And there was no sunlight, no sunlight. And there was no sunlight, no sunlight. Anymore...
It disappeared at the same speed as the idealistic things I believed. The optimist died inside of me."
In the third and fourth stanzas think of it as the person being described is growing up and he is realizing and finally seeing all the bad in the world.