this song is definitley about letting go of other's negative thoughts about you and being stronger because of it. there was a time in my life when those around me kept me feeling alienated and on the outside because of a life decision i had made, and i was down very low because of it. those people's opinions of me mattered to me more than my own... but then i heard this song and it opened my eyes to what was happening aorund me. the line "You know they're only what they think of you" stuck with me. the people keeping me down, my critics, were criticizing me for things they themselves were guilty of. once i stopped worrying about what people thought, they saw the confidence blooming, and would never dare speak those things to me again. i figured out that i was not a "problem" and let it be known. if i didnt give them a reason to believe i was a "problem," they could never say i was.
Thanks Rob Thomas!
this song is definitley about letting go of other's negative thoughts about you and being stronger because of it. there was a time in my life when those around me kept me feeling alienated and on the outside because of a life decision i had made, and i was down very low because of it. those people's opinions of me mattered to me more than my own... but then i heard this song and it opened my eyes to what was happening aorund me. the line "You know they're only what they think of you" stuck with me. the people keeping me down, my critics, were criticizing me for things they themselves were guilty of. once i stopped worrying about what people thought, they saw the confidence blooming, and would never dare speak those things to me again. i figured out that i was not a "problem" and let it be known. if i didnt give them a reason to believe i was a "problem," they could never say i was. Thanks Rob Thomas!