Q: in "la de da de da de da de day oh", is the mall verse a metaphor or some hidden symbolism?
A: for me it's a reference to that one time i went to the mall and i noticed that most of the stores had closed down...... and yet, there was no news about the mall closing. on some emotional level i felt that slight apocalyptic tingle. it felt like the perfect thing to invoke there in the second verse, in such a cheerful song