The video cuts between a nerdy teenager sitting in the back of a classroom, and Church, wearing sunglasses and playing guitar, sitting in the very same spot. The teenager is less a younger version of Church than a representation of oddballs everywhere. 'Hey there, weird kid in your high-top shoes / Sitting in the back of the class; I was just like you," Church sings.

Listing a range of influences, including Elvis Costello and Jeff Tweedy, Church suggests that listening to non-mainstream music made him "Mr. Misunderstood," influencing the musician he would become while making it difficult to get through those key years where conformity seemed closer to a survival skill.