Hockey – Too Fake

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  General Comment:I seriously rewrote this three times. I think this song is about not being true to yourself, and kind of living entirely by the standards parents/guardians/society/record labels (since they're ironically signed to Capital Records).
  
  "I do anything that I'm told to" - a life entirely controlled not by the person but the source I guess?
  
  
  "I go to Church as I'm expected to" - lol. i don't know a lot of people who actually enjoy going to church, so I feel like it's one of those standards his/the characters life. so again, going by the rules/what's viewed as morally correct in his/that society.
  
  
  i feel like it could also be a satire towards all the bands that are "selling out" as well... i like my first theory more :)

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  General Comment:I love this song so much, i listen to it everyday. Being a Californian, i know for a fact that this song can symbolize the life of many Americans. We're too fake, we claim to believe in God but blind and deaf to the principles of Christianity, and lastly we are completely ignorant to our actions and how they affect society, we are only living for money. We're all money-hungry capitalist.

  Flag robertaniumon January 30, 2011   Link

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  General Comment:OMGz!

  Flag IDlOTEQUEon June 11, 2010   Link

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  General Comment:i love this song because sadly and truely it perfectly describes me. i try to be as real as possible but im fake at times
  

  Flag ltspazon June 01, 2010   Link

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  General Comment:I'm more of a rocker as well but this song is pretty tight..i agree w/ y'all he cant be himself w/ anyone he enjoys it but hates it torn between it.. I'm leaning towards alternative rock now that where the musics at.

  Flag rocccrenaudon April 16, 2010   Link

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  General Comment:7 Comments!!!!! No, this song is amazing. I personally like rock a little bit more, but I absolutely LOVE Hockey. I like the way he likes the lyrics:
  "Everybody's watchin'
  Oh but nobody cares no
  
  Nobody's watchin'
  But everybody cares" those are some of my favorite lyrics of all songs. We all know that's how society works. You say you "care" about something important, but they're just words, but when something's a real matter for people and dwe should help, everybody has better insignificant things to do.
  
  I think is about (as said before) about doing what everybody else wants, what everybody likes, even if is pathetic and you're being fake. And this song is a turning point where you realize that you have to be fake, but you don't want to, so you look for REAL help, but you can't find it. But still, he tries to be real, because he's got too much soul.
  
  It also sounds funny, like saying how great, and how pleasent it is to be fake and arrogant at the same time, while you understand is just a big JOKE!!
  "Oh whatever talk to you later"
  
  
  
  

  Flag MCRockerwayAfion January 10, 2010   Link

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  General Comment:JCPenny put this in there
  "Back To School" commercial!
  They spliced it alot but it's
  good. They have another commercial
  out now that also has a good song
  but I don't know what it is. If you
  know please post here.

  Flag Udahoon September 15, 2009   Link

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  General Comment:This song is really amazing. Somehow it's interesting and confuse at the same time, but in a good sense :)
  I love it!
  
  Btw, does anyone know the lyrics for Hockey's song "Learn To Lose"? I can't find them anywhere!
  Tks.
  :)

  Flag BloodySandyon September 06, 2009   Link

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  General Comment:I like how he says:
  
  But I can't even talk to you
  'bout my effect on people
  'cause i'm doin' the same thing to you
  That's right even right now
  
  It's like saying that even though this song is about how he has to put on an act for people and be fake, he's doing it in this song anyway. So it's like, what can we trust?
  
  Interesting :) & so catchy!

  Flag blomon August 22, 2009   Link

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  My Interpretation:I think the key to this song lies with this lyric: "Oh you know it's just a game to me" There are some ancient religions who view life as a game. So this seemingly unholy view of the world is actual spiritual in nature which is why he's says he's got too much soul for the world.
  How he plays the game is he stays light and tells people what they want to hear adhering to the path of least resistance "I do anything that I'm told to
  I even mean it, if i'm supposed to"
  ...but he knows the truth: "It's time to use my life, for myself, Those people just won't tell you that"
  
  "But I can't even talk to you 'bout my effect on people 'cause i'm doin' the same thing to you
  That's right even right now" This is a great line where he tries to see if other people will understand him but of course people won't.
  
  
  This song is awesome.

  Flag bella12on August 13, 2009   Link

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