I have heard a lot of people's interpretations being about the hazings that go on in fraternities. I've always liked my version - he's in love with a girl who is an addict, and he is trying to help her--->"When they pumped out your guts, filled you full of those pills, you were never quite right, deserving all the chills." "Then they ask what went wrong, when you never had it right" seems to refer to someone with problems who turned to drugs, alcohol, etc. I always used to think a part of the song was, "All the letters I've dropped off, though they said you got them all", meaning he tried to write her and her parents or whoever never gave them to her. The lyrics are actually "Oh the letters have dropped off". That does seem to relate to the college theme. It still hasn't changed what this song means to me, though.