| Kelly Clarkson – People Like Us Lyrics | 12 years ago |
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I MADE AN ACCOUNT TO SPECIFICALLY TO EXPRESS MY INTERPRETATION OF THIS SONG, AND SURPRISED IM THE ONLY ONE THUS FAR. IM GOING TO START BY SAYING I FREAKING OVE THIS SONG AND THAT KELLY CLARKSON IS AMAZING, AND DID OUTSTANDING. WHICH ISNT SHOCKING. ALL OF HER SONGS ARE GREAT. THIS ONE IN PARTICULAR IS A SONG FOR COMFORT, STREGNTH, EQUALITY AND ITS EMPOWERMENT! SO THIS SONG SPEAKS TO ME FOR 3 REASONS. 1. IM A LESBIAN (HOUSTON, TX) 2. IVE KNOWN 2 PEOPLE TO KILL THEMESELVES FOR BEING BULLIED AND FOR FEELING OUT OF PLACE, BECAUSE THEY ARE GAY. 3. IM A STRONG SUPPORTER FOR RIGHTS AND EQUALITY. I CANT BE SURE THAT THIS SONG WAS DIRECTED TO THAT GAY COMMUNITY BECAUSE KC IS OBVIOUSLY NOT GAY, BUT MAYBE SHE IS A SUPPORTER/FIGHTER FOR GAYS, IDK. I GET THIS IDEA THAT ITS ABOUT THE GAY COMMUNITY BECAUSE IN THE VIDEO, EVERYTHING AND EVERYONE IS IN BLACK AND WHITE, EXCEPT THE LITTLE GIRL. UNTIL KC REVEALS THAT SHE IS "DIFFERENT" TOO AND THAT SHE NO LONGER WAS GOING TO STAND TO LIVE IN SECRET, TO NOT BE HERSELF ETC. SO MAYBE ITS FOR THOSE WHO HAVENT COME OUT YET BECAUSE THEY ARE AFRAID OF WHAT PEOPLE WILL SAY, DO OR ACT, OR HAVE COME OUT AND FEEL ALONE, OR HAVE BEEN OUT BUT COULDNT HANDEL FEELING AND GETTING TREATED DIFFERENT SO THEY DIE OF TORMENT AND BEING BULLIED. ***************************************************************************************************** We come into this world unknown But know that we are not alone They try and knock us down But change is coming, it's our time now **BASICALLY SAYING THAT WE COME INTO THIS WORLD UNKNOWNINGLY, AND HELPLESS TO THE WAY THAT WE ARE- WE CANNOT HELP BEING GAY, WE DID NOT CHOOSE THIS LIFE, WE DIDNT CHOOSE TO BE "DIFFERENT" BUT WE ARE. AND SHES SAYING THAT EVEN THOUGH YOU MAY FEEL ALONE, YOUR NOT! THAT THERE ARE PLENTY OF PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD WHO ARE JUST LIKE YOU, WHO FEEL WHAT YOUR GOING THROUGH. AND THAT THE GOVERNEMNENT AND SOCIETY HAVE TRIED TO DESTROY US AND TAKE AWAY OUR RIGHTS ETC. BUT ALTHOUHGH THEY HAVE ATTEMPTED TIME AFTER TIME, BUT TO NOT GIVE UP, BECAUSE WE AR SO CLOSE TO BEING TREATED AS ONE. Hey everybody loses it Everybody wants to throw it all away sometimes And hey, yeah I know what you're going through Don't let it get the best of you, you'll make it out alive Oh, people like us we've gotta stick together Keep your head up, nothing lasts forever Here's to the damned to the lost and forgotten It's hard to get high when you're living on the bottom **SHES SAYING THAT SOMETIMES, EVERYONE WANTS TO JUST THROW OUR HANDS IN THE AIR AND SURRENDER THE FIGHT, WEATHER IT BE KILLING THEMSELVES OR BECAUSE THEY ARE JUST TIRED OF DEALING, BUT THAT YOUR NOT ALONE AND TO NOT LET IT PHASE YOU, BECAUSE YOU (WEVE) GOT THIS! TO JUST STICK TOGETHER AND THAT ALL THE FIGHTING WILL BE OVER SOON. SHES ALSO SINGING TO THOSE WHO HAVE LOST THERE LIFE TO BEING BULLIED OR THOSE WHO ARE LOST AND FEEL ALONE. THAT YOU CANT WIN IF YOU QUIT. Oh woah oh oh woah oh We are all misfits living in a world on fire Oh woah oh oh woah oh Sing it for the people like us, the people like us Hey, this is not a funeral It's a revolution, after all your tears have turned to rage Just wait, everything will be okay Even when you're feeling like it's going down in flames **SHES SAYING THAT THIS IS NOT THE END, THAT WE ARE MAKING HISTORY AND THAT IF WE KEEP OUR HEADS UP AND NOT TUCK OUR TAILS BETWEN OUR LEGS, WE CAN WIN THIS! FOR THE PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE GAY COMMUNITY. THAT OUR TEARS AND PAIN WILL TURN INTO STRONGER DETERMINATION AND WILL FUEL OUR ENERGY TO MAKE IT KNOWN THAT WE ARE PEOPLE TO, THAT WE ARE NO DIFFERENT! TO JUST BE PATIENT. AND THAT DISPITE OUR EFFORTS, AND ALTHOUGH IT FEELS LIKE WE ARENT GETTING ANYWHERE, WE ARE! Oh, people like us we've gotta stick together Keep your head up nothing lasts forever Here's to the damned, to the lost and forgotten It's hard to get high when you're living on the bottom **SELF EXPLAINITORY, THAT WE HAV ETO STICK TOGETHER AND THAT NOTHING LAST FOREVER. EVENTUALLY, THEY WILL UNDERSTAND AND GIVE US WHAT WE WANT. TO BE EQUAL. THAT WE HAVE TO FIGHT FOR THOSE WHO FOUGHT THE GOOD FIGHT, AN DIDNT MAKE IT. IN HONOR OF THEM. Oh woah oh oh woah oh We are all misfits living in a world on fire Oh woah oh oh woah oh Sing it for the people like us, the people like us **FIGHT FOR EVERYONE IN THE WORLD, JUST LIKE YOU. BECAUSE WE STAND AS ONE! Oh woah oh oh woah oh You've just gotta turn it up loud when the flames get higher Oh woah oh oh woah oh Sing it for the people like us, the people like us **THAT WHEN IT GETS TOUGH, OR HARD, TO GET ANGRY AND FIGHT BACK! They can't do nothing to you, they can't do nothing to me This is the life that we choose, this is the life that we bleed So throw your fists in the air, come out, come out if you dare Tonight we're gonna change forever ** SHES SCREAMING THAT THE GOVERNEMENT AND SOCIETY CANT PHASE US, THAT THEY WILL NEVER CHANGE US, AND THAT WE ARE GOING TO STAND PROUD BECAUSE WE ARE WHO WE ARE AND WONT BACK DOWN OR COWAR, BUT WILL THROW OUR FIST IN THE AIR AND ACCEPT THE FIGHT. THAT WE WONT HIDE BUT THAT WE ARE GOING TO LIVE IN THE WORLD, JUST LIKE EVERYONE ELSE. WE ARE GOING TO CHANGE THE WORLD, ONE FIGHT AT A TIME. Everybody loses it, Everybody wants to throw it all away sometimes Oh, people like us we've gotta stick together Keep your head up nothing lasts forever Here's to the damned, to the lost and forgotten It's hard to get high when you're living on the bottom Oh woah oh oh woah oh We are all misfits living in a world on fire Oh woah oh oh woah oh Sing it for the people like us, the people like us Oh woah oh oh woah oh You've just got to turn it up loud when the flames get higher Oh woah oh oh woah oh Sing it for the people like us, the people like us Oh woah oh oh woah oh We're all misfits living in a world on fire Oh woah oh oh woah oh Sing it for the people like us, the people like us Oh woah oh oh woah oh You've just got to turn it up loud when the flames get higher Oh woah oh oh woah oh Sing it for the people like us, the people like us |
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