[T. Houze]

you gotta be really slow to not get it. It's not that hard to get especially with the dinner scene when they were talking about the phoneix

 

[T. Houze]

I think the people at the dinner scene could represent "the douchebags" that he associates himself within his social circle. When he was playing Runaway, I noticed how they all raised there glasses when he said "lets have a toast..."
Also how the Phoenix helped him break away from his normal way of living and those he surrounds himself around.