Peoples perception to the lyrics will always be different because certain lyrics in the song may mean different things to different people or to remind people of events or memories - so really if you disagree with how other people interpret these lyrics they are not 'idiots' etc but just understanding it their own way, but to me this song is all about choosing a life style and about how in the end we will always wish we'd chosen something else or wish we still had what we used to have: perhaps our childhood where for most people its easy and the worst thing you could imagine was being shouted at by your parents, as the song sort of refers to being a child with the lines 'digging up worms' etc which is defiantly a thing I remember doing when I was younger. Or even about how everything in this 'life' of ours really means nothing as the song writer takes such a low view on doing drugs as if no one really should care because its not a sin. And finally the lines 'fated to pretend' sort of express the thoughts that we always imagine what ours lives would be like it they had taken another path and that you would live a very different life. :) so basically that's how I see this song and I don't know if anyone will agree but I think that my interpretation of this song makes alot of sense!