As a 13-year-old native English speaker when I first heard the song (around the time it came out), I certainly misinterpreted it. But then, as a kid growing up

As a 13-year-old native English speaker when I first heard the song (around the time it came out), I certainly misinterpreted it. But then, as a kid growing up in a fairly conservative evangelical Christian environment, I wasn't inclined to interpret mainstream pop songs charitably. And those minor chords helped to make it seem dark.