No Such Thing Lyrics
she said to me condescendingly
"take a seat, take your life
plot it out in black and white"
and the drama queens
I'd like to think the best of me
is still hiding up my sleeve
but something's better on the other side
I want to scream at the top of my lungs
I just found out there's no such thing as the real world
just a lie you've got to rise above
faded white hats grabbing credits, maybe transfers
they read all the books but they can't find the answers
all of our parents, they're getting older
I wonder if they've wished for anything better
while in their memories, tiny tragedies
but something's better on the other side
I want to scream at the top of my lungs
I just found out there's no such thing as the real world
just a lie you've got to rise above
I am invincible
I am invincible
as long as I'm alive
I want to scream at the top of my lungs
I just found out there's no such thing as the real world
just a lie you've got to rise above
I'm gonna bust down the double doors
and when I stand on these tables before you
you will know what all this time was for
Have you ever felt this soothing feeling while listening to music, or a romantic feeling that is just so good inside, or while doing something you're really passionate about? That's what this song is about. The world we see is made up of big fake lies and materialistic things but the satisfaction of intellectual fulfillment is ALWAYS greater. And when we do get that feeling, we know that's what the world is. Not the world that we're living. If we just try to get a glimpse of that world, and believe that this world we see is really not all of the constituent, we'd see the real world. And also its about how the people who are limited to the world they see believe in getting the better jobs and money and all. But only the person who affords to take the risk and step out of the line, can reach where no stereotype could. They get all the good degrees and everything, and read all the books but never get the intellectual part of the story. Only the people who know that this is not the real world could take the risk and step outside because of the simple belief that its not the real world after all. Awesome work John Mayer. You got it right again.
@easyteezyy81866 THAT IS EXACTLY THE STORY OF MY LIFE. MY DAD KEEPS ON URGING ME TO TAKE UP STUDYING SOFTWARE ENGINEERING AS THAT'S WHERE THE JOBS ARE AND ALL AND WELL, I AM CRAZY ABOUT THE PC A BIT, but damn guitar is where my heart is. Where my life, the purpose is. And I made a mistake. I've started dreaming. And once someone dreams, it's nearly impossible to quit. Damn, I need a counsellor. A friend. Why am I brooding here? I dont know. sigh
I should say that people who lived life on their own terms AFTER high school will totally get this song.
My aunt KT used to play this for me when I was little. Now that I have started high school, I get what he's talking about. High school is hard, and you're always looking to impress somebody in some way. And in high school, they give you all this crap about how after high school or college, that you have to live a correct life, and you should start now. (Like to stay in the lines). And he wants to run through his high school acting out now that he's an adult, and he's having fun still, and he's not staying in the lines, he's living his life, and is being invincible because he's "alive".
This is the best lyrical interpretation of a John Mayer song (or any song, for that matter) that I've ever seen:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6x-os8HrYcU
It's a video that's highly engaging, educational, funny, and controversial. The discussion about "the real world" and what John Mayer means by that lyrics is particularly powerful.
Be sure to check it out!
I heard this song on the radio last night while driving home from work.. I completely identify when he says, "they love to tell you "stay inside the lines" but something's better on the other side"... Don't you hate it when you're restricted from doing what you want? To me, that includes all of society-- Society tells you that you must do this, or that.. and yet you can't help but. ::sigh:: I wish I were a TRUE non-conformist! "I want to run through the halls of my high school I want to scream at the top of my lungs "
I feel you, bro.. and I think many do..
I feel you, bro.. and I think many do..
so DO something about it, before you go insane..
so DO something about it, before you go insane..
How can you not love this song! I get so sick sometimes of songs on the radio being so depressing, but this song is def. one that makes you think about how little some things in life really are. Everything I had ever been told in high school and by my parents is exactly what the song is talking about...
"they love to tell you 'stay inside the lines' but something's better on the other side"
I don't think that there's anything worng with taking the straight path though...what's straight for you is totally wrong for someone else, you just need to remeber to do what makes you happy no matter how much people dissaprove of you.
They always use the prase "out in the real world" in school... don't believe them! You're already there, it never changes, the powers that be just keep sucking at you... there's no escape!
Enjoy the now.... now is all you'll ever have!
its about high school and how they tell u to be just like everyone else
This tune is fine, but sometimes Cerberus happens to be guarding the front door and you first need to throw him 3 boxes of dog biscuits on your way in.