This one is hard to peg but I'll piece together what I think about what it says.
The first verse describes an extravagant and indulgent scenes. That on the surface seems desirable but is really 'piss poor'.
The chorus I'll leave for later since I think it hinges on the two verses.
The second verse starts with a kind of duality showing the real and the fake. Tuning the plain waitress into an airbrushed actress. Then the question is asked, Is it all worth it? Trying to achieve some idealistic happiness?
Now for the chorus which confuses things for me. I've come to two conclusions about the chorus.
A. The whole song is someone's idealistic dream and by asking that question in the second verse the person's dream has been shaken adding the line "though my vision is strained" to the following choruses.
B. The chorus is the waitress' dream to make her own bright future that is different from the fake happiness that people try to envision for her. But the constant bombardment is starting to wear away at her dream.
Of course I could be off about the whole thing. Either way it stays as one of my favorite Metric songs and maybe one of my favorite songs of all time.
This one is hard to peg but I'll piece together what I think about what it says.
The first verse describes an extravagant and indulgent scenes. That on the surface seems desirable but is really 'piss poor'.
The chorus I'll leave for later since I think it hinges on the two verses.
The second verse starts with a kind of duality showing the real and the fake. Tuning the plain waitress into an airbrushed actress. Then the question is asked, Is it all worth it? Trying to achieve some idealistic happiness?
Now for the chorus which confuses things for me. I've come to two conclusions about the chorus.
A. The whole song is someone's idealistic dream and by asking that question in the second verse the person's dream has been shaken adding the line "though my vision is strained" to the following choruses.
B. The chorus is the waitress' dream to make her own bright future that is different from the fake happiness that people try to envision for her. But the constant bombardment is starting to wear away at her dream.
Of course I could be off about the whole thing. Either way it stays as one of my favorite Metric songs and maybe one of my favorite songs of all time.