It's about seeing the truth of the world, of patriarchy, of how screwed up everything is and how most people don't even realize it. It's about being awake in a sleeping world, and instead of being bitter or letting it destroy you (through self-destruction, mostly), learning to live for yourself regardless of whatever else, while still speaking up and trying to help everyone else.
"'cause the bathroom mirror has not budged
And the woman who lives there can tell
The truth from the stuff that they say
And she looks me in the eye
And says would you prefer the easy way
No, well o.k. then
Don't cry"
Would you prefer the easy way, by which she means, would you prefer ignorance-as-bliss over having a true social consciousness? And, no, of course she wouldn't, so chin up and carry on.
"I know there's no grand plan here
This is just the way it goes
When everything else seems unclear
I guess at least I know"
The world doesn't have to be this way, it doesn't have to be any particular way. It is what it is. God ain't directing a cosmic TV show, and fate ain't guiding the path. And no matter what else, "at least [we] know" that.
It's about seeing the truth of the world, of patriarchy, of how screwed up everything is and how most people don't even realize it. It's about being awake in a sleeping world, and instead of being bitter or letting it destroy you (through self-destruction, mostly), learning to live for yourself regardless of whatever else, while still speaking up and trying to help everyone else.
"'cause the bathroom mirror has not budged And the woman who lives there can tell The truth from the stuff that they say And she looks me in the eye And says would you prefer the easy way No, well o.k. then Don't cry"
Would you prefer the easy way, by which she means, would you prefer ignorance-as-bliss over having a true social consciousness? And, no, of course she wouldn't, so chin up and carry on.
"I know there's no grand plan here This is just the way it goes When everything else seems unclear I guess at least I know"
The world doesn't have to be this way, it doesn't have to be any particular way. It is what it is. God ain't directing a cosmic TV show, and fate ain't guiding the path. And no matter what else, "at least [we] know" that.