▁No ▁one ▁had ▁done ▁it ▁before , ▁and , ▁like , ▁three ▁weeks ▁later ▁all ▁of ▁my ▁friends ▁were ▁add icted ". ▁Jenkins ▁was ▁initially ▁against ▁the ▁decision ▁to ▁release ▁the ▁song ▁as ▁the ▁lead ▁single ▁from ▁Third ▁E ye ▁Bl ind , ▁as ▁he ▁did ▁not ▁believe ▁that ▁it ▁was ▁representative ▁of ▁the ▁work ▁as ▁a ▁whole . ▁ ▁Content ▁" S emi - Char med ▁Life ", ▁which ▁sounds ▁like ▁an ▁easy going ▁pop ▁song , ▁contains ▁lyr ics ▁about ▁a ▁drug ▁user ' s ▁descent ▁into ▁cry stal ▁m eth ▁add iction . ▁According ▁to ▁Jenkins , ▁" It ' s ▁a ▁dirty , ▁fil thy ▁song ▁about ▁sn ort ing ▁speed ▁and ▁getting ▁blow ▁jobs ." ▁He ▁later ▁explained ▁that , ▁" It ' s ▁about ▁a ▁time ▁in ▁my ▁life ▁when ▁it ▁seemed ▁like ▁all ▁of ▁my ▁friends ▁just ▁sort ▁of ▁t apped ▁out ▁on ▁speed ." ▁He ▁added ▁that ▁the ▁song ▁is ▁" br ight ▁and ▁sh iny ▁on ▁the ▁surface , ▁and ▁then ▁it ▁just ▁pull s ▁you ▁down ▁in ▁this ▁lock j aw ed ▁mess ▁... ▁The ▁music ▁that ▁I ▁wrote ▁for ▁it ▁is ▁not ▁intended ▁to ▁be ▁bright ▁and ▁sh iny ▁for ▁bright ▁and ▁sh iny ' s ▁sake . ▁It ' s ▁intended ▁to ▁be ▁what ▁the ▁sed uct iveness ▁of ▁speed ▁is ▁like , ▁represented ▁in ▁music ." ▁The ▁title , ▁Jenkins ▁said , ▁" ref ers ▁to ▁a ▁life ▁that ' s ▁all ▁pro pped ▁up . ▁You ▁know , ▁the