I guess if you want to be technical, it doesn't fit. But the storytelling is kinda all over the place there, and the lyrical standpoint seems like an all-knowing omniscient thing. It's kinda like for the verses the narrator is a fly on the wall and in the chorus he/she is an actual person praying to God. When Jon was writing it, he must've been looking to the future or something. Although the "1991" part seems like a filler there, and could've easily been replaced and we wouldn't need to worry 'bout this.