Bad news on the doorstep;I couldn’t take one more step
A long long time ago, I can still remember how that music use to make me smile.
American Pie speaks to the loss that we feel. That's why that song has found the niche that it has.
And as the players tried to take the field, the Marching Band refused to yield.
I had asthma when I was a kid, asthma so bad that it would turn into pneumonia and I almost died several times. Nobody knew why back then, but now it's obvious.
In a sense, 'American Pie' was a very despairing song but it can also be seen as very hopeful.