Understanding Neil Young

From CSN&Y 4 way street:

Neil to audience: I going to play a song for you that starts out slow and then fizzles out all together....laughter from audience...Guaranteed to bring you right down,its called,"Don't Let it Bring You Down"...more laughter.


Old man lying
by the side of the road
With the lorries rolling by,
Blue moon sinking
from the weight of the load
And the building scrape the sky,
Cold wind ripping
down the allay at dawn
And the morning paper flies,
Dead man lying
by the side of the road
With the daylight in his eyes.

Don't let it bring you down
It's only castles burning,
Find someone who's turning
And you will come around.

Blind man running
through the light
of the night
With an answer in his hand,
Come on down
to the river of sight
And you can really understand,
Red lights flashing
through the window
in the rain,
Can you hear the sirens moan?
White cane lying
in a gutter in the lane,
If you're walking home alone.

Don't let it bring you down
It's only castles burning,
Just find someone who's turning
And you will come around.

Don't let it bring you down
It's only castles burning,
Just find someone who's turning
And you will come around.


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Could someone explain to me what this song is talking about. Do you think it something that has special meaning only to Neil? What does he mean by ... Its only castles burning?

Anyway its still a great tune even if I don't understand all of it...check it out y'all Neil actually had a great singing voice back then.