mmhmm, let me venture my interpretation, its about growing up in a new age where there are new "social obligations" to contend with. Even if we ourselves are not involved with all the new social media stuff, when our peers do so, we are all compelled to do so. What the song is then about is a person who feels that he will not and doesn't want to jump onto the bandwagon of social media, and he fears that he will be ostracized because of that. "The folks on TV have their reason and the mass media toys all suggest bits and pieces of this. Everywhere he goes, he is reminded of the NEED to be socially connected with via these newly imposed social obligations.
mmhmm, let me venture my interpretation, its about growing up in a new age where there are new "social obligations" to contend with. Even if we ourselves are not involved with all the new social media stuff, when our peers do so, we are all compelled to do so. What the song is then about is a person who feels that he will not and doesn't want to jump onto the bandwagon of social media, and he fears that he will be ostracized because of that. "The folks on TV have their reason and the mass media toys all suggest bits and pieces of this. Everywhere he goes, he is reminded of the NEED to be socially connected with via these newly imposed social obligations.