A lot of people have been saying that this song's optimistic and uplifting, which to a certain extent it is for a while, but people and this website have ignored the last lines which are "where did it go?" repeated. I interpret this song as a dig at the corporate/overly capitalistic society we've become and that you need to escape sometimes into a brighter world outside of industry and profit margins. But the last lines are telling because he says that while you can experience the warmth it is unfortunately not there to stay and gets overwhelmed by other colder influences in society. Might also be referring to a time when it didn't necessarily have to be the way it is today, or 1999 for that matter.
A lot of people have been saying that this song's optimistic and uplifting, which to a certain extent it is for a while, but people and this website have ignored the last lines which are "where did it go?" repeated. I interpret this song as a dig at the corporate/overly capitalistic society we've become and that you need to escape sometimes into a brighter world outside of industry and profit margins. But the last lines are telling because he says that while you can experience the warmth it is unfortunately not there to stay and gets overwhelmed by other colder influences in society. Might also be referring to a time when it didn't necessarily have to be the way it is today, or 1999 for that matter.