Avant-garde
As we grow up, we've been told to never give up on our dreams and goals by the same people who laugh at us when we don't do well right away as well as those who wants us to stick to the conventional code rather than maintain each of our individual eccentricities. These lyrics are to remind ourselves of that advice, that either way we must keep doing our best to reach our dreams, and that becoming a paragon of perfection just for the sake of cheap compliments and sticking to the status quo is something that everybody could do. Rather, becoming our own person and pursuing our own individual goals are something only we ourselves can accomplish, and so we have no reason to listen to such societal expectations that condemn us to failure before we even had the chance to improve. However, it is important to understand that those people who'd laughed at our mistakes and believed that we would fail are people with dreams as well, and that they must've faced similar problems from others as they strive to become who they wanted to be. In fact, they might've given up halfway through because they believed that trying won't ever be enough, and it might as well have been us, society as a whole, that made them give up. It's a cycle of fear, hate, and pessimism, and empathy and determination are key to breaking it. We must do our best to prove them wrong-- not to turn things around so that we become the bullies and them the victims, but to instill a new hope that they still have a second chance to do what they thought was impossible.
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Step by step
I've learned to fly
To shed their doubts
I've learned to close my ears
I've listened to their lectures
More than enough
Little by little
He's on his feet again
After losing one battle
And the next hundred ones
They've put him down countless times before
But they've just made him stubborn
Anybody, just anybody
Can do what everyone else wants
Everybody, including him and me
Can always make excuses for somebody else
Maybe it'll be different then
If we've got nothing to lose but ourselves
Don't just imagine a world where you're always right
Where you're the king
And everyone should treat you right
It'll be fun for a day
But forever is a long time coming
Even endless praise won't save you from fading
There's no need to be a hero
There's no need to be the perfect one
Leave your mark on yourself
Or even just one other person
As long as they'll always know
You're a king of your own world
Song after song
Her voice is loud and clear
Midnight trains in the pouring rain
To sing in dusty rooms
Smelling of drugstore perfume
Now their lips are shut tight at every sound she makes
Days gone by
We've grown at last
Going through pictures of our younger days
Laughing again like we'd never caught a break
Our phones are ringing
But we're no longer answering their calls
Anybody, just anybody
Can do what everyone else wants
Everybody, including him and me
Can always make excuses for somebody else
Maybe it'll be different then
If we've got nothing to lose but ourselves
Don't just imagine a world where you're always right
Where you're the king
And everyone should treat you right
It'll be fun for a day
But forever is a long time coming
Even endless praise won't save you from fading
There's no need to be a hero
There's no need to be the perfect one
Leave your mark on yourself
Or even just one other person
As long as they'll always know
You're a king of your own world
But don't just imagine a world where they're always wrong
Where they're the tyrants
And everyone should bid their time
To give them what they've asked of us
Cause they were us just a while ago
Waiting to do the same thing
Because it's what they've known all along
There's no need to be a hero
There's no need to be the perfect one
Leave your mark on yourself
Or even just one other person
As long as they'll always know
You're a king of your own world
© Clairine T. 2020