I figured it out. I'm surprised more people haven't talked about this song. This song is completely about the image the media (mtv, tv commercials, magazines, etc.) try to have us believe will make us happy. And Nick is talking about the image that people buy into when he goes:
"We buy that image that cost of livin' uh huh
The fakest shit and act cool our friends are watchin'"
It's all fake though they point out. It's a plastic life that people believe will make them happy, but it doesn't, yet some people never learn.
The omens they are talking about SA never tells ya, but they don't want you to follow what they say blindly, 311 want you to use your own damn mind and figure out what is making our current economic existence such bs. That's what their song wake your mind up on from chaos is all about.
You guys want some omens though? Look no further than our current economy. The stock market is up, but unemployment is high, people are working harder for less money, and nobody's wondering why.
So many kids I know your feelin' crazed
Crave material thangs and makin' slave wages
Don't buy that image. It's what the songs all about.
I figured it out. I'm surprised more people haven't talked about this song. This song is completely about the image the media (mtv, tv commercials, magazines, etc.) try to have us believe will make us happy. And Nick is talking about the image that people buy into when he goes:
"We buy that image that cost of livin' uh huh The fakest shit and act cool our friends are watchin'"
It's all fake though they point out. It's a plastic life that people believe will make them happy, but it doesn't, yet some people never learn.
The omens they are talking about SA never tells ya, but they don't want you to follow what they say blindly, 311 want you to use your own damn mind and figure out what is making our current economic existence such bs. That's what their song wake your mind up on from chaos is all about.
You guys want some omens though? Look no further than our current economy. The stock market is up, but unemployment is high, people are working harder for less money, and nobody's wondering why.
So many kids I know your feelin' crazed Crave material thangs and makin' slave wages
Don't buy that image. It's what the songs all about.