great stuff. I guess it's fair to say this is a sister song to the more mellow sentimental.
with the 'cars, phones, and televisions', you'd think the character in the stanza is doing fine in his life when he's actually not. it could be because he or she's materially satisfied but not happy or at terms with his life or himself. maybe he pursued a stable desk job, got a car, a family, and all that because that was his idea of a normal life... but maybe now he starts to question just what is 'normal' after all.
in fact, the character could be one of the restless kids that FOABP was touching so heavily about, but now he's a young adult, seemingly normal on the outside but with the personal problems he had as a child still lingering on in his head. as a kid he's had a hollow life, and now wishes he has something, anything to be sentimental about, even if they weren't particularly happy memories.
the chorus adds to that; maybe he sees the kids stoned and wasting their lives in the mall and they remind him of his younger, meaningless days.
well that's my interpretation of the song and it's a fairly straightforward one. the new EP is awesome, as is PT.
@headphonedust Wow. I can definetly see that now thinking about it.
@headphonedust Wow. I can definetly see that now thinking about it.
I can relate a bit. My childhood was full of bullying and never fitting in. Never really having too many friends. My home life was very loved, but most of your days as a kid is spent in school. As an adult, I never 100% adjusted to being social with others. I want to, but I'm really bad at it. A lot of this comes back to anxiety and fear of inadequacy for so many years.
I can relate a bit. My childhood was full of bullying and never fitting in. Never really having too many friends. My home life was very loved, but most of your days as a kid is spent in school. As an adult, I never 100% adjusted to being social with others. I want to, but I'm really bad at it. A lot of this comes back to anxiety and fear of inadequacy for so many years.
Now with a job/career, car, etc...yesh. I don't really have much to be sentimental...
Now with a job/career, car, etc...yesh. I don't really have much to be sentimental about. Most of my sentimental memories are college. That's why I actually want to start a family/kids. Build sentimental memories.
But I get the song's intent. That building the 'normal life' creates the same darts as before. His kids have led the same pitfalls he did, and his married life is in shambles. Now he leads a meaningless life of repetition, the same sort of life being 'stoned in the mall'? Maybe building a life to reject the past is not the appropriate path?
great stuff. I guess it's fair to say this is a sister song to the more mellow sentimental.
with the 'cars, phones, and televisions', you'd think the character in the stanza is doing fine in his life when he's actually not. it could be because he or she's materially satisfied but not happy or at terms with his life or himself. maybe he pursued a stable desk job, got a car, a family, and all that because that was his idea of a normal life... but maybe now he starts to question just what is 'normal' after all.
in fact, the character could be one of the restless kids that FOABP was touching so heavily about, but now he's a young adult, seemingly normal on the outside but with the personal problems he had as a child still lingering on in his head. as a kid he's had a hollow life, and now wishes he has something, anything to be sentimental about, even if they weren't particularly happy memories.
the chorus adds to that; maybe he sees the kids stoned and wasting their lives in the mall and they remind him of his younger, meaningless days.
well that's my interpretation of the song and it's a fairly straightforward one. the new EP is awesome, as is PT.
@headphonedust Wow. I can definetly see that now thinking about it.
@headphonedust Wow. I can definetly see that now thinking about it.
I can relate a bit. My childhood was full of bullying and never fitting in. Never really having too many friends. My home life was very loved, but most of your days as a kid is spent in school. As an adult, I never 100% adjusted to being social with others. I want to, but I'm really bad at it. A lot of this comes back to anxiety and fear of inadequacy for so many years.
I can relate a bit. My childhood was full of bullying and never fitting in. Never really having too many friends. My home life was very loved, but most of your days as a kid is spent in school. As an adult, I never 100% adjusted to being social with others. I want to, but I'm really bad at it. A lot of this comes back to anxiety and fear of inadequacy for so many years.
Now with a job/career, car, etc...yesh. I don't really have much to be sentimental...
Now with a job/career, car, etc...yesh. I don't really have much to be sentimental about. Most of my sentimental memories are college. That's why I actually want to start a family/kids. Build sentimental memories.
But I get the song's intent. That building the 'normal life' creates the same darts as before. His kids have led the same pitfalls he did, and his married life is in shambles. Now he leads a meaningless life of repetition, the same sort of life being 'stoned in the mall'? Maybe building a life to reject the past is not the appropriate path?