"My Best Theory" is the lead single from Jimmy Eat World's seventh studio album Invented.

In an interview, the band's frontman Jim Adkins said: "The song is about finding your individuality in a world where extremes are more and more presented as your only option.

We thought taking a science fiction approach would be a great way to demonstrate breaking free of what may be expected from an individual.

"[citation needed]Near the beginning of the video, a masked person is visible, along with various shapes and textures (probably symbolizing attempted mind control.)

That person is then sent to some sort of altar inside a building by a second kind of masked people, this time symbolizing malevolence.