This is actually one of Hannon\'s most desperate songs. It laments the way individuals either choose, or are forced into, conformity. It questions why people need to feel like everyone else, either because of loneliness or personal insecurity. Every pupil will give the same answer for fear of sounding different, and cry in private because it\'s not acceptable to feel unhappy or isolated. Everyone is using the same drugs and emotional props to gain peer approval. Ultimately, Hannon claims this crowd-mentality stifles free will and creativity. It can even be exploited by powerful political forces, which deem individual expression as potentially revolutionary. Right from childhood, social pressures encourage people to think like everyone else and don\'t rock the boat. It\'s a bleak message and consequently many of Hannon\'s fans prefer his more positive, jolly albums. They want everything to be nice, happy and on-message. No wonder he openly attacks them in the middle of the song, although their mass adoration ironically means more money for him!
This is actually one of Hannon\'s most desperate songs. It laments the way individuals either choose, or are forced into, conformity. It questions why people need to feel like everyone else, either because of loneliness or personal insecurity. Every pupil will give the same answer for fear of sounding different, and cry in private because it\'s not acceptable to feel unhappy or isolated. Everyone is using the same drugs and emotional props to gain peer approval. Ultimately, Hannon claims this crowd-mentality stifles free will and creativity. It can even be exploited by powerful political forces, which deem individual expression as potentially revolutionary. Right from childhood, social pressures encourage people to think like everyone else and don\'t rock the boat. It\'s a bleak message and consequently many of Hannon\'s fans prefer his more positive, jolly albums. They want everything to be nice, happy and on-message. No wonder he openly attacks them in the middle of the song, although their mass adoration ironically means more money for him!