Thanks jilionheart for the history and jooliaoogoolia four your thoughts. I was actually just wondering about that because the entire song seems to point in the direction that you are going with it. I was thinking the same way as your friends but thought that couldn't be right because of the title which I think means "live the life." I completely agree with what you said about him not dying yet because it meshes with the title and the song talks about the realization that he had that his life was pointless when he wanted power but now he doesn't rule the world (his world) anymore and so he has a higher purpose, so he knows his life is better even though he "sweeps the streets that he used to own." I think that is part of the beauty of it. The song has sort of a positive spin on the loss of personal power to discover what life is about and to be free.