The man has pseudo-friends who constantly criticize his actions. They moralize him, "teach" him and advise him to make a significant change in his life, because the way he is and what he does is not what they say it should be. They may find his life lame or immoral. They hold themselves up as role models. The man replies that he will make his own choices and decisions and he does not agree to unconditionally make himself under the influence of questionable quality advice. He justifies this by saying that there is always someone for whom he will be important, no matter what he does and no matter what he is. Although it is not said directly, I read it as meaning that he will always be important to himself in every way and he will always have his own support.
"Everyone is different and maybe that's a good thing, but you exceeded that mark 1000 times" - I remember very well how sad the words I once heard (from my peers and it was in negative context) at school made me feel.
Used to be a time
We held the world.
Wrapped 'round our finger tips
Laughing at what others missed. Someday, yesterday
The magic we felt went away.
Grow up somebody said tell me where it's gone
So I can go find it now. I can't live your way.
Go ahead without me.
I'll find my own way
Some people fly and some of us worry about touching
The sun with wings. I know if I try I'll get where I'm going,
Keeping my eyes on the sky.
The box you live within is strong and it's up to you
To see beyond the comfort zone you've grown to love.
There's more to life than that. The expectations
That you hold will keep you down and make you old
If you can't see what I'm trying to say, maybe you just
Need to wear my shoes for awhile. I can't live your way.
Go ahead without me.
I'll find my own way
Some people fly and some of us worry
I'd risk it all to have wings.
I know if I try I'll get where I'm going,
Keeping my eyes on the sky.
While you sit there and think about it, there's another
Unfolding their wings. I can tell you what it's like, but,
Until you try, you'll never see what I mean.
Some people fly and some of us worry
I'll touch the sky with my wings.
I know if I try I'll get where I'm going,
Keeping my eyes on the sky.
Keeping my eyes, keeping my eyes on the sky.
We held the world.
Wrapped 'round our finger tips
Laughing at what others missed. Someday, yesterday
The magic we felt went away.
Grow up somebody said tell me where it's gone
So I can go find it now. I can't live your way.
Go ahead without me.
I'll find my own way
Some people fly and some of us worry about touching
The sun with wings. I know if I try I'll get where I'm going,
Keeping my eyes on the sky.
The box you live within is strong and it's up to you
To see beyond the comfort zone you've grown to love.
There's more to life than that. The expectations
That you hold will keep you down and make you old
If you can't see what I'm trying to say, maybe you just
Need to wear my shoes for awhile. I can't live your way.
Go ahead without me.
I'll find my own way
Some people fly and some of us worry
I'd risk it all to have wings.
I know if I try I'll get where I'm going,
Keeping my eyes on the sky.
While you sit there and think about it, there's another
Unfolding their wings. I can tell you what it's like, but,
Until you try, you'll never see what I mean.
Some people fly and some of us worry
I'll touch the sky with my wings.
I know if I try I'll get where I'm going,
Keeping my eyes on the sky.
Keeping my eyes, keeping my eyes on the sky.
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