I'm just totally fascinated by the inside the outsider bit. it's simple but if you try to analyze it within the perameters of this song i can't really fit it into context. i'm sure there's an obvious meaning. I always get the feeling that Marina's almost a- social, i can't explain it, she seems kind of like in a way she doesn't want or need anybody but also sad about it but also like she can get on with people but like this wouldn't really factor into her mind in deciding whether or not she'd befriend to you. maybe i'm giving it too much thought, and it could just be a total persona. I don't know though, from her interviews and stuff I really relate to her. it's almost like she's not looking for approval to the point she wouldn't notice if she's getting it. almost just like she's not bothered about making friends but at social events and stuff people kind of annoy her but she's there just because she's there and it's an attempt to be social and/ or make some friends. she strikes me as the kind of person who's so awesome she'd be popular if she opened up but i get the feeling she ravels herself up if ya get me, like all this would hurt her. I think it's about feeling the pressure to be something you're not to fit in and she's debating whether she'll get in on being herself. Inside the outsider maybe suggests that she has an in with some people or person or social group but she's inside it. or maybe it's not meant to be so literal and it's more about her projection of being perceived as an outsider leading her to misfit anywhere.I actually think it is about social bullshit, she says I'm good at protecting what they want to take. and this is what it's all based on, people always want something, and she has to protect herself by not giving into them. she basically feels like she's one in a crowd of pretenders and she's the only one who's real but she's getting burned, like on a back burner, no one appreciates who she really is because that's not what society is about anymore. they just want to keep her at a distance but at the same time torture her vicariously. she's got so caught up in it though she thinks she is the problem but it's them, so she goes inside her self to protect herself from being an outsider. i think i've solved it!
I'm just totally fascinated by the inside the outsider bit. it's simple but if you try to analyze it within the perameters of this song i can't really fit it into context. i'm sure there's an obvious meaning. I always get the feeling that Marina's almost a- social, i can't explain it, she seems kind of like in a way she doesn't want or need anybody but also sad about it but also like she can get on with people but like this wouldn't really factor into her mind in deciding whether or not she'd befriend to you. maybe i'm giving it too much thought, and it could just be a total persona. I don't know though, from her interviews and stuff I really relate to her. it's almost like she's not looking for approval to the point she wouldn't notice if she's getting it. almost just like she's not bothered about making friends but at social events and stuff people kind of annoy her but she's there just because she's there and it's an attempt to be social and/ or make some friends. she strikes me as the kind of person who's so awesome she'd be popular if she opened up but i get the feeling she ravels herself up if ya get me, like all this would hurt her. I think it's about feeling the pressure to be something you're not to fit in and she's debating whether she'll get in on being herself. Inside the outsider maybe suggests that she has an in with some people or person or social group but she's inside it. or maybe it's not meant to be so literal and it's more about her projection of being perceived as an outsider leading her to misfit anywhere.I actually think it is about social bullshit, she says I'm good at protecting what they want to take. and this is what it's all based on, people always want something, and she has to protect herself by not giving into them. she basically feels like she's one in a crowd of pretenders and she's the only one who's real but she's getting burned, like on a back burner, no one appreciates who she really is because that's not what society is about anymore. they just want to keep her at a distance but at the same time torture her vicariously. she's got so caught up in it though she thinks she is the problem but it's them, so she goes inside her self to protect herself from being an outsider. i think i've solved it!