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Ani DiFranco – Paradigm Lyrics 17 years ago
I think this song is amazing. The line "tre is a paradox to every paradigm" describes the whole song perfectly. There is a puzzle in every standard. Something that doesn't fit the mold and indescribable. Ani thought her parents were "cool" were good people or had the "right" thinking..but then again what does "right thinking" even mean. Everyone is different. There is always going to be a different way of looking at things that may seem "right" in another person's head. Me even stating my opinion on what this song means is how I personally see it...someone else may see it entirely differently.

i had to teach myself to see
all that stuff that got lost
on its way to church

perhaps maybe her parents preached a certain standard and tried teaching it to ani but they themselves didn't always abide by it. there was always some kind of contradictory. Ani noticed this right away and she kept it in mind..thus throughout life she has always tried to see things for how they are and be open about everything and anything? not write something off right away because the way you see it may not even be way you actually do it anyways.

teach myself its never ever one or the other

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