Seeing this written down, it seems that the whole song is fragments of film plots, at least on one level; & there's the old man who's watching the films. We all want to know how the movie ends. But there's an apocalyptic tone that tells you it's not just about that - it's also posing the question of how the world is going to end &/or how each of us will die. "You can never go back, & the answer is no, & the wishing for it only makes it bleed" - genius.
Seeing this written down, it seems that the whole song is fragments of film plots, at least on one level; & there's the old man who's watching the films. We all want to know how the movie ends. But there's an apocalyptic tone that tells you it's not just about that - it's also posing the question of how the world is going to end &/or how each of us will die. "You can never go back, & the answer is no, & the wishing for it only makes it bleed" - genius.