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I actually hadn't considered the song from that perspective, which is odd, since it seems it would be the most obvious being that it is the literal inversion of Guthrie's original message (especially considering the verse that is nearly always omitted: " there was a big high wall there that tried to stop me/a sign was painted, said 'private property'/but on the back side it didn't say nothin'/this land was made for you and me "). Perhaps it's due to my familiarity with the rest of the artist's work (and what diverse work it is) that I instantly viewed the song as referencing a breakup, but the line " we've already tried to make it one life " pretty much cemented that interpretation for me.