Lyric discussion by joninow 

Cover art for 100 Million lyrics by Sunny Day Real Estate

I agree great song , pretty straight forward in meaning I read somewhere that it was written by diffrent band member you do have to pay for simply everything you do and I too think the who turned the light out part is a great shift

Basically about, how money seems to buy all the physical, perhaps contrived things in this world but not the happiness and contentment people seek even though people try to pay for such deep needs?

I thought this was about environmental concerns. ???

Funny, I just learned this week that the real chorus says, "Who turned the light out" when I'd been singing "Who turned the light on" -- hah!! Is there even a difference? Meaning of chorus?