This is a complex song about the life of a musician who doesn't know where true value is (porn or sirloin is what they get). It's a reflection taken as they do cocaine (white gold) with an aspiring actress. They are the piss-poor because they spend their lives away (white gold) and lose their friends and loved ones over a blind quest for fame. Hence the airwaves and the airlines (touring). The waitress/actress tries to warn them that they are replaying history, but the response is that they're in the same boat, she hasn't "beat" them in her path. The musician thinks they can make their lives different, "make it right," but they have to admit that because of the white gold, their vision is strained.
This is a complex song about the life of a musician who doesn't know where true value is (porn or sirloin is what they get). It's a reflection taken as they do cocaine (white gold) with an aspiring actress. They are the piss-poor because they spend their lives away (white gold) and lose their friends and loved ones over a blind quest for fame. Hence the airwaves and the airlines (touring). The waitress/actress tries to warn them that they are replaying history, but the response is that they're in the same boat, she hasn't "beat" them in her path. The musician thinks they can make their lives different, "make it right," but they have to admit that because of the white gold, their vision is strained.