| Pantera – Walk Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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Shoo shoo, I liked your reply and think you get the song on a deep level. I would like to add my thoughts. The term respect is quite perplexing to me and I wonder if it also was to the author of the song. Respect means that we should not verbally, physically, or emotionally crush someone, even if we think they are "wrong." I think that the author is talking about "false respect." I think he is talking about those who claim to "respect" him, but who actually are trying to change him with their constant persuasion: "Can you see I'm easily bothered by persistence." Respect is when you don't try to change someone and you see good in them. It is when you truly sympathize with them and you truly love them for who they are. It is important for people who feel unloved to first "accept who they are" and to love themselves; this is the common advice of therapists: "You can't be something you're not, be yourself." The genius of the song is that the author claims that when he is himself and accepts himself, then he gets a message from these so-called sympathizers or so-called friends, that he is not good enough. In other words, these false sympathizers listen to his story, pretend to respect and accept him for who he is, yet in the end he is left in isolation because they are not true friends. Therefore, the author is receiving a message from these people that "respect" equals "alone," or at least the type of "respect" that his "sympathizers" act out. I think the author wants to "be himself" and still be accepted, rather than having "be yourself" be equal to "be[ing] alone." Respect should not mean "walk." It should not mean loneliness and isolation, yet the fact is that those who preach respect to the author have essentially told him to walk. That's what this song means to me. |
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