So much cooler online...

I saw these lyrics on my friend Becky's blog and had to post it. These are from some Brad Paisley (country singer?) song. It's interesting, isn't it, that MySpace and Facebook and even blogs like this one can let us lay ourselves open or let us take cover while we present a facade. I suppose most things are like that; it's all in the way we choose to relate and the way we choose to use things. Still, it seems like it's a bit easier (less immediate consequence?) for people to do that online. We can give the appearance of intimacy while we're really running from it, really scared out of our minds, clinching our fists and holding onto what little semblance of control we can muster. All right... here's the song (the song actually starts about 1:15 into the video):



I work down at the Pizza Pit
And I drive an old Hyundai
I still live with my mom and dad
I'm 5 foot 3 and overweight
I'm a scifi fanatic
A mild asthmatic
And I've never been to second base
But there's whole 'nother me
That you need to see
Go checkout MySpace'

Cause online I'm out in Hollywood
I'm 6 foot 5 and I look damn good
I drive a Maserati
I'm a black-belt in karate
And I love a good glass of wine
It turns girls on that I'm mysterious
I tell them I don't want nothing serious'
Cause even on a slow day I can have a three-way,
chat with two women at one time
I'm so much cooler online
So much cooler online

When I get home I kiss my mom
And she fixes me a snack
And I head down to my basement bedroom
And fire up my Mac
In real life the only time I've ever even been to L.A
Is when I got the chance with the marching band
To play tuba in the Rose Parade

Online I live in Malibu
I pose for Calvin Klein, I've been in GQ
I'm single and I'm rich
And I've got a set of six pack abs that would blow your mind
It turns girls on that I'm mysterious
I tell them I don't want nothing
Cause even on a slow day I can have a three-way,
chat with two women at one time
I'm so much cooler online
So much cooler online

When you got my kind of stats
It's hard to get a date
Let alone a real girlfriend
But I grow another foot and I lose a bunch of weight
Every time I login!