To me it looks like a song to his parents, or his Dad.
It's like, his parents want the best for him and they don't think that being in a band is it, but he knows what's best for him...
"Too scared to take a chance yourself", i.e. being in the band and taking that up as his career and then
"You know what's best, that's what you say to me, it's good advice, you're looking out for me." - his parents are telling them that, but he can make up his own mind and make his own decisions.
"Though I may fail, well at least I tried". - going out into the world being in the band.
The main lines: "I don't care what ya think, I'm not ordinary". - His parents say he's not anything special and he can't be a rock star.
I'm 99.9% certain this song is about that, because when I saw them live, the blonde guy on bass said "Who doesn't like their parents!?".
Antifreeze are really nice guys. Got to see them with The Ataris in London... this is probably their best song.
To me it looks like a song to his parents, or his Dad. It's like, his parents want the best for him and they don't think that being in a band is it, but he knows what's best for him... "Too scared to take a chance yourself", i.e. being in the band and taking that up as his career and then "You know what's best, that's what you say to me, it's good advice, you're looking out for me." - his parents are telling them that, but he can make up his own mind and make his own decisions. "Though I may fail, well at least I tried". - going out into the world being in the band. The main lines: "I don't care what ya think, I'm not ordinary". - His parents say he's not anything special and he can't be a rock star. I'm 99.9% certain this song is about that, because when I saw them live, the blonde guy on bass said "Who doesn't like their parents!?". Antifreeze are really nice guys. Got to see them with The Ataris in London... this is probably their best song.