(Here I take it her and her boys are in line at a club, out of their league maybe they are from trailor parks or poorer neighborhoods) (the hounds will stay in chains, they've not yet lost all their graces, meaning, they came to dance and have fun even though they stand out) Look upon your greatness and she'll send the call out
General CommentWait 'til you're announced and she knows that you know that you can chart your own path to happiness, too. and you know, and you know, and you know" means that she's found friends and happiness outside outside of the path that the media had laid out for her. The last chorus "we're on each other's team. In some ways, maybe that ideal is even shifting to reflect the new generation's reality? And guess what? The media ideal changes over time ("what the palace wants is release"). older" means she understands that the ideal life that the media told her she should live just created unnecessary jealousies, finger-pointing, bickering ("all the cups got broke", "it's not my fault", "everyone's competing for a love they won't receive").
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"But we sure know how to run things" and "you know we're on each other's team" means that reality - for all its warts - can still provide happiness and true friendships / love.
"Cities you'll never see onscreen" and "ruins of a palace within my dreams" both refer to a reality that is not as pretty as life as portrayed in the media. but it also implies that we should eventually leave the pretending behind and grow into our own skins. don't dance and tell" means nobody calls out anyone else for having gone through that awkward phase. with big eyes" refers to the awkward teenagers trying to pretend to be the cool adults they admire in the media, but also seeing clearly that every other teenager still just as awkward as they are. while he glows" refers to the teenage girls trying to figure out their feelings for boys who they had previously thought of as just friends.
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their skin in craters" are pimply teenage boys. between teeth" are teenage girls dressed up but still wearing braces. send the call out" refers to teenagers coming of age and starting to gain access to experience the *real* world.
and also (hopefully) finding out that real life isn't necessarily bad compared to a constant struggle for an unattainable ideal. General CommentThis is about teenagers coming of age and finding out that portrayals of life & love in the media are prettier and shinier than reality. I'm kind of older than I was when I reveled without a care I'm kind of over gettin' told to throw my hands up in the airĪnd everyone's competing for a love they won't receive Livin' in ruins of a palace within my dreams Not very pretty, but we sure know how to run things We live in cities you'll never see on-screen
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