| Yellow Ostrich – Marathon Runner Lyrics | 12 years ago |
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I believe this song is about a guy that is trying to fit in and be like everyone else, yet he doesn't know who he himself is as an individual. "I am a marathon runner and my legs are sore and I’m anxious to see what I’m running for" He's been looking for some way to fit in and trying to find it, but he doesn't know what he's looking for. "I am a hot air balloon on a sailboat I would make this my home if I’d learned to float" He's trying to fit in but he's out of place. He's not like everyone else. He would feel comfortable if only he could find what he was "running" for. "I will lose my faces, lose my stolen wigs, the heads of kings I will run until I know what to believe" It almost speaks to me like he's been wearing masks and faking his personality to fit in, but he doesn't know what to believe in so he goes along with the crowd. "I can't stop putting on other people's clothes" He is trying to conform and be like everyone else, but then he says he "loves them" until he "leaves". Maybe this part means he acts differently around other people so that he fits in, but he really has other thoughts and personalities that aren't like everybody else's. I don't know what the first verse means exactly. I think it could mean that he didn't want his friend to be different from everyone else. He wanted her to conform to everybody else's beliefs. That's all I could take away from this song. Great tune, though. |
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