"Happiness...Happiness is fine but it's momentary"

Alex got me into Australian hiphop a while back, and today, while making soup, this song came on and it suddenly struck me how sad it was:

Happiness, happiness is fine but its momentary
A momentary lapse of reality
Reality is fine, but for the moment it can wait
I’m addicted to the chase of my
Happiness, happiness is fine but its momentary
A momentary lapse of reality
Reality is fine, but for the moment it can wait
I’m addicted to the chase of my happiness...


Is this what life is? Is happiness just a short blip in between reality? Why can't we have happiness all the time? Wayne and I were talking about what is happiness and what makes us happy and what is life earlier (As Wayne said, "In the words of Cherie, 'What is the meaning of life?'"). But how many people - not excluding myself - are living lives that they are fully happy with? How many people are not happy - with their jobs, with their homes, with their partners, with their lack of partners, with their family, with their friends, with their city, with their whatever? A lot. 

Last night was my first party post-Burn. It was fun, usual creative costumes, interesting minds, good conversations. You get into these conversations - holding vodka red bulls and leaning in close over the loud electronic music that makes you want to dance and go bum-bum-bum-throw-your-hands-in-the-air - and people really ask you what it's about. My friend and I got in this intense conversation about some things bothering me right now - and I don't know how I can possibly figure it out right now. I don't know what my next steps are. I feel like I'm being made unhappy by something I cannot control - but there are things I like - and I can't figure out how to move from this pit of unhappiness. Is unhappiness my reality in this situation now - and happiness just a momentary lapse of reality?