As Ugly As I Seem Lyrics

Lyric discussion by goaskavery 

Cover art for As Ugly As I Seem lyrics by White Stripes, The

I think its about making life choices that your parents dont agree with. He is a muscian, most dont make it... im shure his parents didn't think he would get this big. He grew up in a Catholic family. In 2005 on 60 Minutes, White told Mike Wallace that his life could have turned out differently. "I'd got accepted to a seminary in Wisconsin, and I was gonna become a priest, but at the last second I thought, 'I’ll just go to public school... I had just gotten a new amplifier in my bedroom, and I didn’t think I was allowed to take it with me."

"The rogue is a bank he's never broke But worth as much as a joke that no one is laughing at Can you believe some things are not Appealing and there's a spot" .....poking holes in the life they chose.

"On the ceiling of my childhood bedroom And can these dreams you can't imagine Will never match the vision That you had decided for me" ....they had something diffrent in mind every since he was a kid. He and his childhood friend, Dominic Suchyta, would listen to records in White's attic on weekends and began to record cover songs.

"You are to take away from me Things that are mine and it's not your right Out that you'd wouldn't expect to find out Can it be that I don't want what you want?" ....its his life not theirs? he doesnt want what they want.

"There is a drop of blood on the ground And it seems to me that it's not my kind And I can't be sure if it's yours or mine" ...'blood of my blood', makes sense theyre related. could also have something to do with making sacrifices.

Song Meaning

^^ Was going to write pretty much the same thing - guess I don't have to. :)