songs awesome.
I think it's about a guy whose talking about all the things he wants to do..what he can do since he's in the "prime of his life"
I think it's a little bit sarcastic with lines like "I'll move to Paris,
shoot some heroin and fuck with the stars
You man the island and the cocaine and the elegant cars" and "This is our decision
to live fast and die young
We've got the vision, now let's have some fun!"
but then again when he says the line "Get jobs in offices, and wake up for the morning commute" i think yeah, he knows that doing heroin and cocaine are extreme, but honestly the monotinus (sp?) idea of getting up and sitting in a cubical and waiting in traffic every single day for the rest of your life sounds almost as terrible, so why not live it up now while you still can?
Again i think he's mocking either rock stars or even teenagers when he says "forget about our mothers and our friends" because when we're doing these crazy things, all we do is think about ourselves and only care about that moment, however we are "fated to pretend" or fated to live in boring,mundane life, pretending that everything is okay..pretending that our indifference to every day boring life is okay. if this is our fate, how can you blame us for trying to change, even at the cost of such extreme measures such as, in this case, heroin use.
in the verse when he saying all the things he will miss, he's telling us all the things we will miss out when we choose this life style. hes kinda like, shit...i miss my sister, miss my father, etc but he goes right back to the 'what can ya do' mentality in the next verse "but theres nothing we can do..."
Again, is he referring to being 'fated to pretend' as that mundane lifestyle we're going to have to live.
the last line "We'll choke on our vomit and that will be the end" means whoever the "we" is, they are dying in such an unfortunate way, something that could have been prevented, but their own stupidity led them to such a death
that's when the 'fated to pretend' meaning actually switches, and they were the ones pretending the whole time. pretending that their family, friends, their own life didn't matter. they 'pretending' that crazy lifestyle they lived was ok and better then what was to come, even though they never gave it chance, and gave up everything that meant the most to them.
wow. that was long.
well thats just my interpretation, let me know what you think
very near perefect in less words than I use but its more generally about how the grass is not always greener teens want to be adults adults want to be teens. The song aint talking about the band but 2 deluded office worker characters the band have portrayed who think by drinking and going to haunts of stars and taking drugs they too can have flash car and model wifes but they die young without even getting the benefits the rock stars had to temper their sadness and youthfull death.
very near perefect in less words than I use but its more generally about how the grass is not always greener teens want to be adults adults want to be teens. The song aint talking about the band but 2 deluded office worker characters the band have portrayed who think by drinking and going to haunts of stars and taking drugs they too can have flash car and model wifes but they die young without even getting the benefits the rock stars had to temper their sadness and youthfull death.
It's obviously a song about not embracing total hedonism... It is the following:
It is about both the office workers in the song think by drinking loads taking drugs and going to posh bars they too can have fancy cars and models for wifes, the lifestyle kills both the stars and the office workers but at least the former had the trappings of wealth such as women, cars, land etc to temper their inner sadness and young death whereas the office workers death is a tragedy because they got so trapped in a life of fantasy that they forget the people who could have made em trully happy and have made up for not having the materialistic things.....there friends and family.
It's not saying don't party hard or have unrealistic dreams but it is saying never forget your friends and family who can help make you retain a grip on where reality starts and fantasy begins so the fantasy doesn't consume you.
The fated to pretend line means that their fantasy took them away from their family and friends and ultimately lead to their death as they had no one to ground there unrealistic expectations that they too could get flash cars and model wifes just by going to the right clubs drinking loads and taking drugs . That said I think the overall message is slightly hedonistic, and that is a good thing, its saying all means party hard but dont aspire to live someone elses life and dont forget the people that trully matter in your life as only being yourself and loving the people in your life will bring you true happiness.
Its not about the band but 2 characters they have made, who happen to be office workers as in one of stanza covers this. And the song touches on how teens want to be adult but adults want to be 18 again. We are all destined to envy someone elses life.
songs awesome. I think it's about a guy whose talking about all the things he wants to do..what he can do since he's in the "prime of his life" I think it's a little bit sarcastic with lines like "I'll move to Paris, shoot some heroin and fuck with the stars You man the island and the cocaine and the elegant cars" and "This is our decision to live fast and die young We've got the vision, now let's have some fun!" but then again when he says the line "Get jobs in offices, and wake up for the morning commute" i think yeah, he knows that doing heroin and cocaine are extreme, but honestly the monotinus (sp?) idea of getting up and sitting in a cubical and waiting in traffic every single day for the rest of your life sounds almost as terrible, so why not live it up now while you still can? Again i think he's mocking either rock stars or even teenagers when he says "forget about our mothers and our friends" because when we're doing these crazy things, all we do is think about ourselves and only care about that moment, however we are "fated to pretend" or fated to live in boring,mundane life, pretending that everything is okay..pretending that our indifference to every day boring life is okay. if this is our fate, how can you blame us for trying to change, even at the cost of such extreme measures such as, in this case, heroin use. in the verse when he saying all the things he will miss, he's telling us all the things we will miss out when we choose this life style. hes kinda like, shit...i miss my sister, miss my father, etc but he goes right back to the 'what can ya do' mentality in the next verse "but theres nothing we can do..." Again, is he referring to being 'fated to pretend' as that mundane lifestyle we're going to have to live. the last line "We'll choke on our vomit and that will be the end" means whoever the "we" is, they are dying in such an unfortunate way, something that could have been prevented, but their own stupidity led them to such a death that's when the 'fated to pretend' meaning actually switches, and they were the ones pretending the whole time. pretending that their family, friends, their own life didn't matter. they 'pretending' that crazy lifestyle they lived was ok and better then what was to come, even though they never gave it chance, and gave up everything that meant the most to them.
wow. that was long. well thats just my interpretation, let me know what you think
@memb its good heres mine:
@memb its good heres mine:
very near perefect in less words than I use but its more generally about how the grass is not always greener teens want to be adults adults want to be teens. The song aint talking about the band but 2 deluded office worker characters the band have portrayed who think by drinking and going to haunts of stars and taking drugs they too can have flash car and model wifes but they die young without even getting the benefits the rock stars had to temper their sadness and youthfull death.
very near perefect in less words than I use but its more generally about how the grass is not always greener teens want to be adults adults want to be teens. The song aint talking about the band but 2 deluded office worker characters the band have portrayed who think by drinking and going to haunts of stars and taking drugs they too can have flash car and model wifes but they die young without even getting the benefits the rock stars had to temper their sadness and youthfull death.
It's obviously a song about not embracing total hedonism... It is the following:
It is about both the office workers in the song think by drinking loads taking drugs and going to posh bars they too can have fancy cars and models for wifes, the lifestyle kills both the stars and the office workers but at least the former had the trappings of wealth such as women, cars, land etc to temper their inner sadness and young death whereas the office workers death is a tragedy because they got so trapped in a life of fantasy that they forget the people who could have made em trully happy and have made up for not having the materialistic things.....there friends and family.
It's not saying don't party hard or have unrealistic dreams but it is saying never forget your friends and family who can help make you retain a grip on where reality starts and fantasy begins so the fantasy doesn't consume you.
The fated to pretend line means that their fantasy took them away from their family and friends and ultimately lead to their death as they had no one to ground there unrealistic expectations that they too could get flash cars and model wifes just by going to the right clubs drinking loads and taking drugs . That said I think the overall message is slightly hedonistic, and that is a good thing, its saying all means party hard but dont aspire to live someone elses life and dont forget the people that trully matter in your life as only being yourself and loving the people in your life will bring you true happiness.
Its not about the band but 2 characters they have made, who happen to be office workers as in one of stanza covers this. And the song touches on how teens want to be adult but adults want to be 18 again. We are all destined to envy someone elses life.