According to frontman Rivers Cuomo, this song is about over-stimulation, which could come in the form of drugs, but doesn't have to. The song was written before the iPhone age, but the internet was very popular and there was a feeling that the pace of life had sped up considerably, especially at work. Cuomo observed that this manic stimulation that came from everyday life was not dissimilar to the effect of drugs.
Cuomo: "I was living in an apartment above the Sunset Strip, and every Friday and Saturday night I'd hear people cruising and partying, and hooting and hollering. And I went to sleep one night and I heard those sounds all through the night, in my dreams. I had this dream about a kid on the Metro bus, blasting hip-hop into his brain through his headphones. And the music sounded so decadent and over stimulating, and I woke up in the midst of that dream, in a haze, and immediately said to myself, 'Man, we're all on drugs!' And I instantly knew that would be a cool song."
MTV played an edited version called "We Are All In Love." In 2001, MTV asked Weezer to re-record their song "Hash Pipe" as "Half Pipe," but the band refused (MTV played it, but obscured the title). This time, the band gave MTV the edit, which may serve to make a point about the absurdity of their broadcast standards.
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