I think Tonyk hit on something with the mention of the National Lottery as that is what the song has always put me in mind of. The lottery is an illusion that makes ordinary working class life more bearable. People are convinced that "it really really really could happen". Each week they're dissapointed but it doesn't shake their optimism. "As the days they seem to fall through" people just let the days go, rolling on their optimism to the next week. It's a symbol of the inertia in modern life where instead of working to improve their lives people are just resigned to their dissatisfaction with the world and get through it by pinning their hopes on near impossible dreams that require the minimal ammount of effort on their part such as winning the lottery.
I think Tonyk hit on something with the mention of the National Lottery as that is what the song has always put me in mind of. The lottery is an illusion that makes ordinary working class life more bearable. People are convinced that "it really really really could happen". Each week they're dissapointed but it doesn't shake their optimism. "As the days they seem to fall through" people just let the days go, rolling on their optimism to the next week. It's a symbol of the inertia in modern life where instead of working to improve their lives people are just resigned to their dissatisfaction with the world and get through it by pinning their hopes on near impossible dreams that require the minimal ammount of effort on their part such as winning the lottery.