Lyric discussion by evil_killer_phone 

yeah... i dunno, "you said "I don't want ever to be brainwashed" is the kind of thing i say all the time, because i'm so scared of brainwash, but i get the impression that this friend of hers is pretty damn smart.. too smart, and they seem to see deeper into the world, the end result making them suicidal (i'm very tired, so sorry if i babble) anyway, i don't know, when i listen to this song i always think of it being the fear of brainwash and indoctrination by society making us conform that makes this friend want to kill him/her self. um... what am i getting at... oh yeha, a lot of what alanis says as a response implies that he/she cannot know that they will end up brainwashed "if we were our futures", "if we were our culture" (what they fear they will become) and "if we were our nametags" (what people think they are) but the fact is that they are not that and therefore shouldn't kill themself, and i'm really sorry for going on, but if you're here you probably haven't got anythign better to do than read this anyway. by the way do you get the impression that this frined is male or female? cause i definately get the impression that he/she is male for some reason - maybe cause most my friends are male.. or my good ones anyway

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