The man loves the girl but he is hard and cannot express this. (Possible reference to Norman Rockwell’s lyrics: “ Cause you're just a manįemale sees a godlike man but he is removed and distant (much like God to us). Women often make gods of their men, love is the endall in all our dreams and it often disappoints as we see them for who they are, mere men.
The sky was blue to God and here the female looks down to a blue shirt, worn by her man. The next phrase goes back to the comparison guide, this time focusing in on the female perspective. We cant be angry towards God because this is just how life is, we try our best and thats really all we can control. Kid wants to ride a bike down the street but the parent knows that cars speed past the house. Its similar to disciplining a child or pet they might not understand why they cant get what they want but the adult knows that the desire will cause them harm ie. God knows this is simply the way of men, He is not oblivious to them but He knows they are meaningless in the greater scheme. Our problems are actually quite petty and we have tunnel vision. Next we have man complaining about insignificant daily feats, missing the bigger picture and overall marvel of the universe. Green is the planet from the eyes of a turtle dove “Blue is the color of the planet from the view above
This sets the tone on how we should analyze the rest of the song from one level higher than our current perspective. Beauty soon turns to violence/death when the view zooms closer to man and daily life. Beautiful landscapes are visible when you zoom in to a birds perspective (they are still in the sky but much closer to earth than outer space). The first lines are compared views from above, almost like a first person gaming experience.īlue sky could refer to what God sees when He looks down, like a image from space. Possibly another reference to God and He’s somewhat removed yet omnipresent view on us: