Reflections
Well as Jakob has said before, this song can be taken pretty literally.
I just wrote a couple of things about the song that I thought were symbolic.
"Sirens ring shots rang out a stranger cries screams out loud"
- describing NY
"I had my world strapped against my back"
- Could have had a guitar strapped on his back representing his music
career or it could have been his famous backpack where he carries paper to
compose his songs on.
"I held my hands never knew how to act"
- somehow this whole thing of the music busness and being in NY made
him feel awkward or a bit out of place.
"And that same black line that was drawn on you was drawn on me and now it's
drawn me in"
- The same way music called his dad it called him.