Lyric discussion by thimbleisland 

Cover art for Good Excuse lyrics by John Butler Trio

I dont think this song is about depression or being truley upset about something that effects you.

I think its about complaining about trivial things, the gameboy comment in the song is particually what leads me to this, I think its about the way people complain because they dont have the newest phone out there, or because they dont have the latest little music gadget, and theyre not seeing everything else thats going on around them. People complain about things that dont truley effect them on an emotional level, as opposed to a material level.

Or even blowing things out of proportion so they seem to incredibly bad, but when you go out and see whats going on around you, it opens your eyes to not only other things, but to your own problem.