By Bismarck.Magnuss 2015-08-14 08:38:32
I'm not quite sure what the song is about, because frankly I wasn't paying attention. I can however tell you what I think the video is about. From what I can gather, it appears to be the struggle regarding the duality of man. On the one hand, there's the little girl. She represents the child in all of us. This is the kid that insists on having Fruity Pebbles for breakfast instead of Raisin Bran. This is the kid who prefers to ignore responsibility and prefers her selfish pursuits. Shia on the other hand represents adulthood. He's sensibility and reason (as hard as that to believe with Shia Lebeouf at the helm). In the video, Shia spends most of his time struggling with the little girl and throughout most of it, she appears to be winning pretty resoundingly. Shia can't help but flee from the overwhelming presence of the inner child. At the end, the inner child ends up winning, but she wants the adult in her to come with her. She wants to be carefree and responsible, but this is showing that at least in the case of the video, that is impossible. You can't have both. In the long run, the inner child becomes the dominant personality, and the person in turn continues child-like pursuits at an adult age, like spending an entire paycheck on an Xbone and eating crappy food.
That's how I see it, at least. The song? Meh.