When Frank first sent his drum part, he played the second verse very straightforward. I wanted it up tempo and akimbo. I don't know why I mention that, but I just remembered it.
The song is about acceptance of life, and choice of attitude toward in forward engagement. Life is long, often arduous, and our mere being born arrives with inherent challenges of living - including watching everything we know die (there's always distance left to fall - it doesn't matter who you are). Some folks choose to anesethetize themselves - they "check out early". Yet we are all a very tiny part of a VERY large universe. In that context, we may be insignificant, but we also choose to be how we engage in the only life we're currently aware of. Don't get too wrapped up in yourself or life's miseries. We are all dealing with the same thing.
In that loose definition, that's what I'm trying to get across in the video.