Huh. I never made that connection. Seems to me that not many people in the great wide world would make that connection either.

The beautiful thing about that song (besides the sweet melody) is that it can be taken a variety of ways. I personally thought it was about a person who thought s/he would make something of her/his life and realizes s/he is getting nowhere.

And I agree with Little Neo; it's a matter of what you do with the song, rather than its original meaning.