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| Linkin Park – By Myself Lyrics
| 15 years ago
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Quite simply this song is about having very low self-esteem, that's why it rings true with so many of us. It's about being caught in that catch-22 of attempting to just be yourself but getting devoured for such vulnerability or otherwise faking it in order too impress the crowd but losing connection with yourself and compromising your own identity. Basically either being hated by the crowd or being hated by yourself but either way losing because you are aware of the problem but have no idea of the solution thus thoughts of failure sinking in. I don't know of another song that captures so well the private hell introspective people with such low self-esteem go through. If this song resonates with you then please read up on self-esteem and make it a focus of your study. I have done and am very happy to say that I have moved on from the feelings of this song. I listened to it today and cried over how much pain I used to be in. Don't worry even if you gain self-esteem you will still enjoy this song, it just won't indulge your anger as much. |
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| Liz Phair – Shatter Lyrics
| 17 years ago
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This is a classic unrequited love song with simple yet powerful senitments. Quite clearly this is a girl who usually is quite shallow and chases guys just for the physical pleasure, as we do when we're young and hormonal. But for the first time she has actually fallen in love with someone and it has "slapped her in the face, broke her in two" turned her whole world upside down, as first loves always do. She is in pain over now realising how far short she falls of ever being able to be in a relationship with him and yet she holds on to the possibility that just maybe it can happen, as we do when we're completely in love and trying to come up with anything to make it happen.
A truly beautiful song that descibes an experience I have been through and also have caused another girl to go through too. Unrequited love is one of the greatest pains in life for both the lover and the loved. |
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