Imaginary Friends

My interpretation of the song is about a man who moves away from his old social group, not feeling satisfied with his life.

Shaking off the past with a change of address

He makes a list of all his favourite friends Then leaves his footprints on the steps that shine With tears that he has wept again... and again... He bought his clothes from a skateboard boutique He looks back and realises he didn't have much, and he tries to reinvent himself, my opinion is that the 'skateboard boutique' is supposed to show that it's a radical reinvention that makes him into something he isn't.

And counted his imaginary friends, got up to ten, Even after that he still feels empty inside, friendless, and bored, doing the same old lonely things all the time. Now he feels as though he doesn't have any friends at all, when at least before he had a few.

He met a girls who liked a bit of a laugh He gained the youth that he'd forgotten to have Eventually he meets a girl who makes him feel excited and young again. They go around town and have fun, and he gets to make up for how miserable he'd been in the past.

So now they mess about with things that are highly illegal Often get mistaken for interesting people And no-one ever seems to ring their bell But do they care, well do they hell They start doing drugs a lot, and other people perceive them as exciting people, with a cool lifestyle. Nobody ever calls them out on living irresponsibly, or that they aren't actually interesting or fulfilled.

They're gonna kiss and never tell again... and again... Inside he still feels empty, but he decides not to let anybody know, and he settles down with this girl for an empty relationship that he can kid himself is better than what he left behind.