the only part of the song im having trouble with is
drink alone and watch tv, you’re expecting harmonies
to tap your tune with silver spoons, anthem of impending doom
guiding satan’s steady hand, forcing beatles to disband
it’s ego freaks and drama queens, the young at heart know what i mean
its my favorite verse in the whole song but i still cant figure it out. any ideas as to what it might mean?
according to max himself:
"This is a song I wrote later on in the writing process. It’s about the recognition that we live in a flawed society. I wrote the lyrics first. They were a criticism about myself and, like, this really negative song. What I realized when I finally finished the lyrics is that I had overcome a lot of the things that I was making fun of about myself, and that to write a song about those things would be a novelty or sort of typical Say Anything act–to make a negative, self-deprecating song. So my goal was to write a positive, uplifting song, but still have it be very "Say Anything." It’s about the ability every human being has to fulfill his or her potential. It doesn’t mean we can all be godlike, but we can do better than how we tend to do. Once you realize that, you have a lot more options open to you as a human being."
