if the lemonade here is intended to suggest the lemonade made in the axiom about life handing you lemons, it's crushing to think that even that most optimistic outlook is so bleak that we might "put a little something in our lemonade" - i.e. liquor it up to numb ourselves, to stay only "half-awake" so we don't have to admit it's a fake empire.

An interview that can be found at http://www.aquariumdrunkard.com/2008/07/10/matt-berninger-the-national-the-ad-interview/: I think you could interpret these lyrics in that way if you want. For me though this song is more about the sorry state of affairs in the modern Western world.
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Plastic Bag” is a song about searching for an escape from personal problems and hoping to find it in the lively atmosphere of a Saturday night party. Ed Sheeran tells the story of his friend and the myriad of troubles he is going through. Unable to find any solutions, this friend seeks a last resort in a party and the vanity that comes with it.

Ladies, it’s time to talk about slippers. Take a look at the huge range of slippers we have that make up part of the complete women’s footwear collection and get ready to get comfy. Cute critter slippersTruly a beautiful song. It's clearly a relationship song--the entire album is an exploration of an individual's experiences reliving a bittersweet relationship, and this one starts it out...