It's nice being the first comment, because then I can refer to the lyrics without having to scroll up every five seconds. Heh.
Alright. I think this boy is living a nice, lazy life where he just hangs out with these girls and has a gay old time, and it seems that everything is just wonderful. The incorporation of Jo is shrouded by this apparent joyfulness. In reality, Jo is depressed...she spent the summer day inside a sleeping bag, she obviously has an eating disorder. I think the song sort of shows how they are all blind to the fact that she is so screwed up because of how nicely everything is going. I mean, the whole time they are talking about the label on her jeans they say it in a joking and light sort of manner. It's interesting how work interferes with everything in the song...Jo spends the day inside until she has to work, and that's when she has to go outside. The tone of the song changes when the lead has to leave his friends in order to go to work. Still kind of shaky on the overall message of the song, though...all comments open to debate!
It's nice being the first comment, because then I can refer to the lyrics without having to scroll up every five seconds. Heh. Alright. I think this boy is living a nice, lazy life where he just hangs out with these girls and has a gay old time, and it seems that everything is just wonderful. The incorporation of Jo is shrouded by this apparent joyfulness. In reality, Jo is depressed...she spent the summer day inside a sleeping bag, she obviously has an eating disorder. I think the song sort of shows how they are all blind to the fact that she is so screwed up because of how nicely everything is going. I mean, the whole time they are talking about the label on her jeans they say it in a joking and light sort of manner. It's interesting how work interferes with everything in the song...Jo spends the day inside until she has to work, and that's when she has to go outside. The tone of the song changes when the lead has to leave his friends in order to go to work. Still kind of shaky on the overall message of the song, though...all comments open to debate!