This song is dealing with opposites on all scales for some reason. "The later they come the higher they climb." That's rather contradictory because normally the ones who are late are the ones who are lazy, not the ones who work the hardest.
The time is right yet it is wrong, and the night is brief yet it is long. One could say that both cannot be right, but it is logical that for some the night is brief (people who sleep through it) versus some that say the night is long (people who stay up all night.) The time can be both right and wrong, understandably, as some questions can be asked at the right time while others can be asked at the wrong time.
The song keeps repeating "Can you tell them apart?" I'm not sure what we're supposed to tell apart, perhaps the two different people, or perhaps the fact that things like time and night can be separated into two different meanings (or more) depending on who is interpreting it, much like everything in life. Time is up!
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I agree and disagree with you first paragraph. It would ultimately depend on what they are there for. Some people who get to there early may choose to be at the bottom of the summit, whereas those who are late would be forced to climb higher because there is no room for them at the bottom. Your second paragraph I agree with. Brief would be for the people who have slept through, and long would be the people who had stayed up. It could be right for the people who are about to sleep, and could be wrong for the people who have to stay up, or vice versa. In my opinion, the repeating of "Can you tell them apart?", would just simply put, be can you make the difference between the people you are talking about.
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