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Serena Lyrics
So what, life's rough
You should get over yourself
Like everyone else and enjoy
The girls and the boys
And everything in between
Serena, in an effort to avoid
The things that annoy you
You hide- far, far away
And life just passes you by
Are you gonna give up
Are you gonna give out
Ain't that a shame
You've got no one to blame
But your conscience
If it doesn't make sense
I know that only too well
So tell me
Did it happen one day
When the day that you faced
Wasn't happening
It just didn't bring
Anything more
Anything more than despair
Do you remember, morning would come
And just like a child filled with the sun
And the hours never seemed long
Where have those days gone?
Beyond us,
Or so you would believe
But I can't agree, those illusions
Will you ever get through them
And find the diamond
Find the diamond inside
You should get over yourself
Like everyone else and enjoy
The girls and the boys
And everything in between
Serena, in an effort to avoid
The things that annoy you
You hide- far, far away
And life just passes you by
Are you gonna give out
Ain't that a shame
You've got no one to blame
But your conscience
If it doesn't make sense
I know that only too well
So tell me
Did it happen one day
When the day that you faced
Wasn't happening
It just didn't bring
Anything more
Anything more than despair
And just like a child filled with the sun
And the hours never seemed long
Where have those days gone?
Beyond us,
Or so you would believe
But I can't agree, those illusions
Will you ever get through them
And find the diamond
Find the diamond inside
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Wow- this is one of my favorite songs by Duncan. It resonates with me SO well on how I used to act and be. .
I love the guitar in this song. It gives me a good feeling.
hehe this song says it all diamonds.. sun.. drugs!
Maybe it's about Sailor Moon XD
To me, he is talking to Serena who is confused about their sexuality, "..enjoy the girls and the boys and everything in between...." This to me sets off the whole song and what it is about. And all this time they are avoiding the hard things about coming out, they are missing out on life.
The second verse seems like Serena is contemplating giving up a part of themselves, either by suicide or hiding who they really are, (which is the latter to me giving the final verse), "going to give up...give out." And it is their conscience holding them back and to remember the "despair" of trying to play a part instead of living who they are.
The last verse was a ploy of remembering the good times and having fun until "morning would come". And the whole "find the diamond inside" is finding the good within yourself instead of taking what everybody else wants them to be. Diamond being a symbol of traditional marriage here I take it.
Some may see diamond as being drugs as a coping mechanism and that works too. Either way, Serena needs to "find the diamond inside."