I never thought of it as a high school graduation, because he says "can i get my punk ass off the street/i've been living on for so long" i saw it more as hes sick of being worthless, being looked down on, and he wants to get out of it and make something of himself, overcome prejudice and mabye something that makes him ashamed ""can i look at faces that i meet"
I would have to totally agree but I also hear "cannot graduate" and for the same reasons you've listed above but for very different reasons. Especially, "I won't die on the vine, I'm going to knock it all down," meaning he's not going to let rumors and lies destroy everything he's worked for. He WILL graduate; never sold his heart out! so while he goes by in slow mo, he won't look at the faces; he will live on long after...and FLY!!!
I would have to totally agree but I also hear "cannot graduate" and for the same reasons you've listed above but for very different reasons. Especially, "I won't die on the vine, I'm going to knock it all down," meaning he's not going to let rumors and lies destroy everything he's worked for. He WILL graduate; never sold his heart out! so while he goes by in slow mo, he won't look at the faces; he will live on long after...and FLY!!!
I never thought of it as a high school graduation, because he says "can i get my punk ass off the street/i've been living on for so long" i saw it more as hes sick of being worthless, being looked down on, and he wants to get out of it and make something of himself, overcome prejudice and mabye something that makes him ashamed ""can i look at faces that i meet"
I would have to totally agree but I also hear "cannot graduate" and for the same reasons you've listed above but for very different reasons. Especially, "I won't die on the vine, I'm going to knock it all down," meaning he's not going to let rumors and lies destroy everything he's worked for. He WILL graduate; never sold his heart out! so while he goes by in slow mo, he won't look at the faces; he will live on long after...and FLY!!!
I would have to totally agree but I also hear "cannot graduate" and for the same reasons you've listed above but for very different reasons. Especially, "I won't die on the vine, I'm going to knock it all down," meaning he's not going to let rumors and lies destroy everything he's worked for. He WILL graduate; never sold his heart out! so while he goes by in slow mo, he won't look at the faces; he will live on long after...and FLY!!!