This is what Michael Gross had to say about this song on an Instagram livestream in 2020:
If I remember correctly, this song is about not knowing where you fit in. Trying to be something that you’re really not, in your heart. Just an observation I made when I was younger of people living around me....
[Verse 1:]
I hide behind these clothes
No one knows at all
I hide behind these clothes
No one knows at all
[Verse 2:]
I hide behind my girlfriend
She's fly, she's fly
I hide behind my girlfriend
She's fly, she's fly
[Chorus:]
But it used to be okay but it's getting worse
It used to be okay
But it's getting worse
It used to be okay
[Verse 3:]
I'm tired of this scene
All the ladies and all the honeys
I'm tired of this scene
All the ladies and all the honeys
[Hook:]
That I'm a cowboy
I'm a cowboy
I'm a cowboy
Now
[Chorus:]
It used to be okay but it's getting worse
It used to be okay
But it's getting worse
It used to be okay
[Verse 1:]
I hide behind these clothes
No one knows at all
I hide behind these clothes
No one knows at all
[Hook:]
That I'm a cowboy
I'm a cowboy
I'm a cowboy now
I'm a cowboy now