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by cassonmars 1834 days ago
The song is a metaphor, though what the metaphor is has been debated — be it drugs or some other form of escapism. In any respect, the “check out” is a play on words of the euphemism for dying — your only way out is death, which is partly what makes the belief so popular that the song is a metaphor for a drug like heroin.