This song simultaneously examines (1) the human tendency to self indulge (focusing on liberal-elites recent tendency to place all blame on the 1% without addressing the unsustainable standard of living that we, the top 10%, have grown accustomed to) and (2) the Buddhist theory that all craving ultimately leads to dissatisfaction, since it implicitly frames life without the desired object/body as empty or devoid of substantial value.
-Evan
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credits
from Songs for Something,
released September 24, 2012
Chorus – music and lyrics by Phillip Lawrence, Ari Levine, Bruno Mars & Travis McCoy
Verse – music and lyrics by Mel Hsu, Sam Friedman, Greg Shaheen & Evan Okun
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