Yea, this is one of my favorite songs of all time.
Here are my thoughts:
Its kinda like a recovering alcoholic's anthem - or, at least someone who wants to recover but can't. I think it starts with the reasons behind turning to booze (the ambiguous "it" in the first line) and being encouraged by everybody else doing it (my thoughts are that P.O.S. is Product of Society, and he frequently references the things other people do; also, it makes sense that to be a "product of society" would ruin your life).
"I can see the same shit from her" to me means he's looking at his girl, who is in just as bad of a state. She's fine with the life they lead and is o.k. with living life in a drunken blur.
He's also saying that isn't it ironic that we have such great plans for ourselves, and get consumed with finding purpose "sneak into our lives", but then we never act on them ("stir over the perfect things to say and then just choke on the words").
He then expands on this with the "everybody" stanza, noting that people want to be recognized and accomplished while also having fun and not taking sides/offending people (I hear "everybody want the consequence of playing the fence"). Basically, you can't have it all without being shallow.
To me this is the build-up, afterwards saying if you turn on society, you'll make a lot of enemies ("everybody hates me, everybody wanna fight").
There can be a lot more analysis viewing it in this light, but the take-home to me is that using drugs and alcohol as an escape only indicates the larger problem in the lives we lead.
Anybody else see this? I didn't look at it this way until I heard the song so many times that I memorized the lyrics and it finally resonated with me.
Yea, this is one of my favorite songs of all time.
Here are my thoughts:
Its kinda like a recovering alcoholic's anthem - or, at least someone who wants to recover but can't. I think it starts with the reasons behind turning to booze (the ambiguous "it" in the first line) and being encouraged by everybody else doing it (my thoughts are that P.O.S. is Product of Society, and he frequently references the things other people do; also, it makes sense that to be a "product of society" would ruin your life).
"I can see the same shit from her" to me means he's looking at his girl, who is in just as bad of a state. She's fine with the life they lead and is o.k. with living life in a drunken blur.
He's also saying that isn't it ironic that we have such great plans for ourselves, and get consumed with finding purpose "sneak into our lives", but then we never act on them ("stir over the perfect things to say and then just choke on the words").
He then expands on this with the "everybody" stanza, noting that people want to be recognized and accomplished while also having fun and not taking sides/offending people (I hear "everybody want the consequence of playing the fence"). Basically, you can't have it all without being shallow.
To me this is the build-up, afterwards saying if you turn on society, you'll make a lot of enemies ("everybody hates me, everybody wanna fight").
There can be a lot more analysis viewing it in this light, but the take-home to me is that using drugs and alcohol as an escape only indicates the larger problem in the lives we lead.
Anybody else see this? I didn't look at it this way until I heard the song so many times that I memorized the lyrics and it finally resonated with me.