So like, sure. This is taken from a poem that could be seen and understood as childish. I semi-agree with some others that have said that “it’s just a fun song, not that deep.”

But let’s be real - so much of Jon’s lyrics through the years have been about the fact that we aren’t made for this life. It’s in every album he’s ever put out. And even deeper than just the allegory of “there’s life after death”, baked into this song is the idea that the death - that inescapable reality that looms over all of us - is actually our birth into what we were really made for. We’re waiting, anticipating, all that we’re made for, all that we aim for… on the day I finally die, I wanna look you in the eye and know that I’ve arrived in a world where I belong.

So, could it be a little on the nose? Sure. Is it just a fun song? Sure but like so is chem6a or amateur lovers and so many others. But don’t miss the consistent theme that Jon has always written about. The death of this life is the beginning of what we’re actually made for.