To me, this song is a farce... The narrator is at the crossroads of adulthood for sure, playfully imagining the escapists' ultimate fantasy (sex, drugs and rock n' roll), no responsibility, Peter Pan's NeverNeverLand if you will.. the opposite of society's traditional structure-- growing up, going to school, getting the office job and having kids (so THEY can grow up, go to school,etc...). Either extreme offers its advantages and disadvantages (family values vs. complete abandon of values)... Basically, either way we go, we're missing out on something, we're "fated to pretend" we're happy. Kind of bleak, the feeling you get when you realize that "what do I want to do when I grow up" question is STILL unresolved... le sigh.
@thepigman But Its not about folk on the tip of adulthood apart from that you're right. Its about twenty something or possibly thirty-somethings wanting to cling on to youth, its about office workers wanting to have the model girlfriends and killing em selfs trying but unlike the stars they don't get the cars or models to make their inner sadness tapered or there early death a little less tragic. It is about peter pan syndrome but its about folk 20-30s. I upvoted ur comment. Its also about how teens want to be 18 but adults want to be 18...
@thepigman But Its not about folk on the tip of adulthood apart from that you're right. Its about twenty something or possibly thirty-somethings wanting to cling on to youth, its about office workers wanting to have the model girlfriends and killing em selfs trying but unlike the stars they don't get the cars or models to make their inner sadness tapered or there early death a little less tragic. It is about peter pan syndrome but its about folk 20-30s. I upvoted ur comment. Its also about how teens want to be 18 but adults want to be 18 again too.... No one is happy AND 18 YEAR olds probably want more money... which means more years which when they have em they dont want...
To me, this song is a farce... The narrator is at the crossroads of adulthood for sure, playfully imagining the escapists' ultimate fantasy (sex, drugs and rock n' roll), no responsibility, Peter Pan's NeverNeverLand if you will.. the opposite of society's traditional structure-- growing up, going to school, getting the office job and having kids (so THEY can grow up, go to school,etc...). Either extreme offers its advantages and disadvantages (family values vs. complete abandon of values)... Basically, either way we go, we're missing out on something, we're "fated to pretend" we're happy. Kind of bleak, the feeling you get when you realize that "what do I want to do when I grow up" question is STILL unresolved... le sigh.
@thepigman But Its not about folk on the tip of adulthood apart from that you're right. Its about twenty something or possibly thirty-somethings wanting to cling on to youth, its about office workers wanting to have the model girlfriends and killing em selfs trying but unlike the stars they don't get the cars or models to make their inner sadness tapered or there early death a little less tragic. It is about peter pan syndrome but its about folk 20-30s. I upvoted ur comment. Its also about how teens want to be 18 but adults want to be 18...
@thepigman But Its not about folk on the tip of adulthood apart from that you're right. Its about twenty something or possibly thirty-somethings wanting to cling on to youth, its about office workers wanting to have the model girlfriends and killing em selfs trying but unlike the stars they don't get the cars or models to make their inner sadness tapered or there early death a little less tragic. It is about peter pan syndrome but its about folk 20-30s. I upvoted ur comment. Its also about how teens want to be 18 but adults want to be 18 again too.... No one is happy AND 18 YEAR olds probably want more money... which means more years which when they have em they dont want...