This song is about the realizing the meaningless of life and the facade of drugs. As a kid you have big dreams of what you wanna be. When you get there the reality of the doldrums of life is depressing. The life of pretend is the life of an addict. They turn to drugs for glamor, excitement and escape. Escape from the reality of the American life. The American life will always disappoint a person approaching adulthood. There is no American Dream left for us regular folk. The only frontier is the life of drugs s** and rock n' roll. Which is also a soulless, self-destructive and painfully blind journey. While drugs can create the illusion of better lives and other aspects of reality, at the same time it immobilizes one to the point of slavery. This is the artists emphasis- drugs and disillusioned coming of age, regret for the fast-paced path and a yearning for a simpler past. I can connect with this song. The reality of this world is the ultimate hell and I only wish society could revert to a more simpler and wholistic living. The only peace sometimes I can find is the shifting of my own outlook through "various methods" of escape.