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Mar 11th 2012!⃝To me, it seems like the person spent the entire day at the beach looking out into open space. They obviously are noticing how beautiful the world can be, especially at a beach all day and all night.
"I'm counting UFOs, signal them with my lighter." This implies that the person is apathetic with their future enough to where they could get the attention of a mysterious unidentified spacecraft and not care what would happen afterwards, all while admiring the beauty of the stars.
Also hinting at the feelings of apathy towards the future and being lost at the moment is the lyrics "the world's a roller coaster and I am not strapped in. Maybe I should hold with care, but my hands are busy in the air."
These lyrics seem to show that like a roller coaster's ups and downs, the world can work from one extreme to another. It seems like they had unexpectedly lost someone they truly loved and are dealing with the grief that comes along with it by looking at the things in life that are beautiful and accepting the fact that they are gone and in a better place. They simply wish that their loved one was there to enjoy the beauty with them.
