I suppose using alcohol as a temporary escape is fake? hmm....well I guess those who participate in sport are fake as well? or musicians who lose themselves in the music? painters who use oil, water and pigment to escape reality? carpenters who spend all day in the shop to build the 'perfect rocking chair'? those who sit in the rocking chair simply to avoid 'real life' for a temporary bit of time....all these people ( the list could continue ad infinitum)....the point is, people who find a means to escape their own reality temporarily cannot be simply judged as 'fake' or shallow...because any person who has ever dreamed of their future and what they would like it to be would be labeled as fake, if I am understanding your argument - with the song as basis for said argument - correctly.
@LarsFrederiksen The song isn’t saying that using alcohol as a temporary escape is fake, it’s saying that those drinking it are empty inside. The singer is clearly familiar (and arguably addicted) to alcohol, which, by the way, is a depressant. No one is going to be proud of themselves for getting hammered 6 days a week, unlike all of the other things you mentioned. All of those can be done as jobs, and are constructive. Binge drinking isn’t healthy, fulfilling, or uplifting. Painting, carpentering, competing in sports, and practicing in (healthy) leisure is.
@LarsFrederiksen The song isn’t saying that using alcohol as a temporary escape is fake, it’s saying that those drinking it are empty inside. The singer is clearly familiar (and arguably addicted) to alcohol, which, by the way, is a depressant. No one is going to be proud of themselves for getting hammered 6 days a week, unlike all of the other things you mentioned. All of those can be done as jobs, and are constructive. Binge drinking isn’t healthy, fulfilling, or uplifting. Painting, carpentering, competing in sports, and practicing in (healthy) leisure is.
I suppose using alcohol as a temporary escape is fake? hmm....well I guess those who participate in sport are fake as well? or musicians who lose themselves in the music? painters who use oil, water and pigment to escape reality? carpenters who spend all day in the shop to build the 'perfect rocking chair'? those who sit in the rocking chair simply to avoid 'real life' for a temporary bit of time....all these people ( the list could continue ad infinitum)....the point is, people who find a means to escape their own reality temporarily cannot be simply judged as 'fake' or shallow...because any person who has ever dreamed of their future and what they would like it to be would be labeled as fake, if I am understanding your argument - with the song as basis for said argument - correctly.
@LarsFrederiksen The song isn’t saying that using alcohol as a temporary escape is fake, it’s saying that those drinking it are empty inside. The singer is clearly familiar (and arguably addicted) to alcohol, which, by the way, is a depressant. No one is going to be proud of themselves for getting hammered 6 days a week, unlike all of the other things you mentioned. All of those can be done as jobs, and are constructive. Binge drinking isn’t healthy, fulfilling, or uplifting. Painting, carpentering, competing in sports, and practicing in (healthy) leisure is.
@LarsFrederiksen The song isn’t saying that using alcohol as a temporary escape is fake, it’s saying that those drinking it are empty inside. The singer is clearly familiar (and arguably addicted) to alcohol, which, by the way, is a depressant. No one is going to be proud of themselves for getting hammered 6 days a week, unlike all of the other things you mentioned. All of those can be done as jobs, and are constructive. Binge drinking isn’t healthy, fulfilling, or uplifting. Painting, carpentering, competing in sports, and practicing in (healthy) leisure is.