Discover the story of the song > Life Is Simple in the Moonlight – The Strokes

The protagonist is watching TV and feeling jealous and alone, so he talks about himself with his partner to forget the love they never felt. They joke around but know that the universal truth is a momentary lie. The protagonist sees his partner's father in an old man's eyes while the old man secretly stares at her thighs, and animals on TV sing about their past pain. The protagonist feels like they are in a part of hell where they are oblivious, and routine addiction is making fools and robots out of people. Innocence in America is a crime, and Cornel West might say this. The protagonist tells anyone trying to stop them to just get out of the way.