I don't think that the song is as superficial as just underaged drinking. It seems much more tragic. It seems like the kids who are under aged just want to experience something. Whether it's a low, or a high, or something in between, or maybe they don't want to experience anything at all. I think that's where the sarcasm comes from when the officer asks his age. I really like this song cause it seems so true. It feels like the people in the song, just don't feel complete. And at the end, he realized that even if he tries to fill his life with things that he can "experience" things with, he doesn't ever get fulfilled, because the problem wasn't there, so he just had to "take it in the chin." It seems so sad.
I don't think that the song is as superficial as just underaged drinking. It seems much more tragic. It seems like the kids who are under aged just want to experience something. Whether it's a low, or a high, or something in between, or maybe they don't want to experience anything at all. I think that's where the sarcasm comes from when the officer asks his age. I really like this song cause it seems so true. It feels like the people in the song, just don't feel complete. And at the end, he realized that even if he tries to fill his life with things that he can "experience" things with, he doesn't ever get fulfilled, because the problem wasn't there, so he just had to "take it in the chin." It seems so sad.