That song is a beautiful dream. It's the kind of dream you would have before you fall asleep, where you live in a world where beauty is still possible. And in that possibility of beauty there is hope. He decides to let it pass on this night, to leave it alone, for whatever the reason. That's a miracle that can happen, that does happen.
People get to a certain brink, and they make a good choice, instead of a deadly choice.
Music doesn't tell you where to go. It says, go find your own place. That's what it told me. I heard a political message in rock music. A liberation message.