If It Makes You Happy

I really think the song is about addictions… addiction to drugs, addictions to another person… addiction to material things… addiction to food… anything… the person thinks these things/person is what will make them happy and they crave it, need it so much, because without it they think they’re not gonna be able to be happy, but the truth is that even when they have it they are miserable… so you just have to realize that what you think is gonna make your life better is just messing it up… and sometimes you have to just give up on what you want the most to be able to live your life really happy