i've always interpreted the song to be about living simply. "harder now with higher speed/washing in on top of me" - things have become more difficult in the fast-paced society that we live in; harder to find happiness and so on. and then the "so i look to my eskimo friend" - how he's looking to the eskimo way of life. how they live very simply, surviving off the land, finding happiness in what little they have, etc. it's pretty easy to make the lines fit with this interpretation, in my opinion.
but even if it has nothing to do with this, i'll just keep on pretending it does because it means a lot to me
Edited by: stonecrest