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Jul 16th 2012!⃝This song is about the passion of youth, and also, a bit ironically, about the self-centeredness of youth.
The self-centeredness comes through very clearly in the theatrical imagery like "cartoon heart" and "lights go down at the end of the scene".
But for all the overly-dramatic posturing of youth, there truly is fire there too, "glowing in the dark".
This relates to the fictional cartoon character who wears his heart on his sleeve, and believes his life sucks, but his life really doesn't suck. "Why does everything always happen to me?"
Well, Charlie, despite your setbacks, you DO have friends, don't you?
And Charlie brown has enough fire to get back up on the pitcher's mound again, every time.
