Well, I've listened to this song most of my adult life and I'm 66; this may be a meaning that only applies to my generation. Saying that I believe " Well the first days are hardest day, don 't you worry anymore cause when life looks like easy street; there's danger at your door." I believe that to mean that as a child and young adult you believe youi are imervious to pain, danger and death. As you age a multide of obstacles and set backs are surely headed you way. "You know all the rules by now the fire from ice" It would mean that through the years you've grown to know the good from the bad and that would say that you have power to select the right choice. Your life is as brief as the morning sun that turns into the evening wind. We have no time to hate and no time to wait. God has come to call his children home.