a friend of mine interviewed matthew from nada surf last year and he said that this song is pretty much a public service announcement. he said that he wrote this song with the idea of "if he had 4 minutes to say something important, this is what he would say". i think he did a pretty good job. as far as the personal nature of this song, i dont know for sure, but i'm sure there is some foundation there because robot also touches on this subject.
a friend of mine interviewed matthew from nada surf last year and he said that this song is pretty much a public service announcement. he said that he wrote this song with the idea of "if he had 4 minutes to say something important, this is what he would say". i think he did a pretty good job. as far as the personal nature of this song, i dont know for sure, but i'm sure there is some foundation there because robot also touches on this subject.