| Edie Brickell and the New Bohemians – What I Am Lyrics | 12 years ago |
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She's making light of philosophy and religion in this song. She thinks they demonstrate a pretense of depth, but in reality offer nothing of value to her. Thus, she expresses her contempt for them by trivializing them with metaphors of silly nonsense (philosophy is as insignificant as cereal box text; religion is as meaningless as a smile on a dog). She'd rather be choked than wade into the so-called deep waters of philosophy and religion. She continues to poke at philosophy, which is deeply concerned with the question of being, by utilizing two tautologies ("I know what I know" and "Are you what you are?"). She also plays on the philosophical theme of being with her title "What I am." In essence, she's saying "I am what I am" and that's as far as I want to go with all of this philisophical nonsense. She is taking an anti-philosophy and anti-religious stand in this song, poking fun at both, being content with her comparative shallowness. |
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| Edie Brickell and the New Bohemians – What I Am Lyrics | 12 years ago |
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She's making light of philosophy and religion in this song. She thinks they demonstrate a pretense of depth, but in reality offer nothing. Thus, she expresses her contempt for them by trivializing them with metaphors of silly nonsense (philosophy is as insignificant as cereal box text; religion is as meaningless as a smile on a dog). She'd rather be choked than wade into these so-called deep waters. She continues to poke at philosophy, which is deeply concerned with the question of being, by utilizing two tautologies in the form of rhetorical statements/questions ("I know what I know" and "Are you what you are?"). She also plays on the philosophical theme of being with her title "What I am." In essence, she's saying "I am what I am" and that's as far as I want to go with all of this philisophical nonsense. She is taking an anti-philosophy and anti-religious stand in this song, poking fun at both, being content with her comparative shallowness. |
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