Lyric discussion by DrRoy 

Cover art for Why Must I Be Sad? lyrics by They Might Be Giants

I think the reference to a spiral notebook and hope that "one day other people will feel as low as this" points to a caricature of a depressed - or "emo", if you will - teenager. Especially since Alice Cooper, as far as I understand it, was more of an over-the-top thing than depressive.