From Alanis Morisette
Excuses
Why no one will help me I'm too dumb I'm too smart
They'll not understand me I'm lonely they'll hate me
There is not enough time it's too hard to help me
God wants me to work no resting
These excuses how they've served me well
They've kept me safe they've kept me stuck
They've kept me locked in my own cell
I'm too far from home it takes far too much energy
These excuses how they've served me so well
They've kept me stuck
They've kept me locked me locked in my own cell
These excuses how they're so familiar
They've kept blocked they've kept me small
They've kept me safe inside my shell
Bringing those into the light shakes their foundation and clears my sight
Now my imagination is the only thing that limits the bar and it's rise to the heights
No one can have it all see I have to, they want me to and I can't let them down I will never be happy
These excuses... >>>
2006-09-30 18:14:22 · 9 answers · asked by Light W 2 in Health ➔ Mental Health
SIMPLE PLAN LYRICS
Welcome To My Life
Do you ever feel like breaking down?
Do you ever feel out of place?
Like somehow you just don't belong
And no one understands you
Do you ever wanna runaway?
Do you lock yourself in your room?
With the radio on turned up so loud
That no one hears you screaming
No you don't know what it's like
When nothing feels all right
You don't know what it's like
To be like me
To be hurt
To feel lost
To be left out in the dark
To be kicked when you're down
To feel like you've been pushed around
To be on the edge of breaking down
And no one's there to save you
No you don't know what it's like
Welcome to my life
Do you wanna be somebody else?
Are you sick of feeling so left out?
Are you desperate to find something more?
Before your life is over
Are you stuck inside a world you hate?
Are you sick of everyone around?
With their big fake smiles and stupid lies
While deep inside you're bleeding
No you don't know what it's like
When nothing feels all right
You don't know what it's like
To be like me
To be hurt
To feel lost
To be left out in the dark
To be kicked when you're down
To feel like you've been pushed around
To be on the edge of breaking down
And no one's there to save you
No you don't know what it's like
Welcome to my life
No one ever lied straight to your face
No one ever stabbed you in the back
You might think I'm happy but I'm not gonna be okay
Everybody always gave you what you wanted
Never had to work it was always there
You don't know what it's like, what it's like
To be hurt
To feel lost
To be left out in the dark
To be kicked when you're down
To feel like you've been pushed around
To be on the edge of breaking down
And no one's there to save you
No you don't know what it's like (what it's like)
To be hurt
To feel lost
To be left out in the dark
To be kicked when you're down
To feel like you've been pushed around
To be on the edge of breaking down
And no one's there to save you
No you don't know what it's like
Welcome to my life
Welcome to my life
Welcome to my life
2006-09-30 18:20:07 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
The lyrics are about being trapped by excuses. He's locked in the excuses - they have become habit. He can't take a chance or do anything because he always has an excuse to be "safe." He didn't realize before how he had locked himself away through excuses, but now that he realizes what he's done, he can undo it. Once he acknowledges those excuses and recognizes that they are only excuses and nothing more, he doesn't need to use them. It "clears [his] sight" and so he can do whatever he wants now without excuse. He's free now. Free of excuses. He was afraid to try because he was afraid to fail; afraid to let others down, but now he's not.
2006-10-01 01:29:29 · answer #2 · answered by Kitkat Bar 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Excuses are the expectations that you get from say parents or whomever wants you to perform well in school/ life in general. These expectations to do well prevent getting mixed up by the wrong influences...such as sex, drugs, and alcohol... And they serve as excuses to deter from a bad crowd or activity whom may be involved in those activities (As these would be expectations from friends, more commonly known as peer pressure). It's an excuse to not be social... yet at the same time witholding yourself from some fun and safe activities may result.
2006-10-01 01:21:41 · answer #3 · answered by kat 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
First of all, consider the writer. She is borderline psychopath.
And NO! Psycopath does NOT mean that someone is crazy. Most of them are brilliant and just have 'weird tics' or habits. Some are more severe than others.
Otherwise, Ms. Morrisette, has never played with a full deck. Her 'psychopathy', I believe, comes in the form of multi personality traits that are obvious in her songs.
My guesses for her are, a) traumatic childhood/adolescence, b) too much time and money on her hands, c) spoiled brat, or my personal choice, d) DRUGS!
Lyrics are whatever you want to make of them, nothing more and nothing less, but Ms. Morrisette likes trying to screw kids minds up.
Don't listen to it, it's bunk. How can you be "too dumb and too smart"?
2006-10-01 01:55:30 · answer #4 · answered by krazykritik 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
first verse--
peoples excuses for not helping her- judgements of her why they don't feel it would be worth it to spend any time helping her, but she KNOWS that God expects more of her
second verse-- how she used these interpetations as an excuse to not better herself
third verse... realization of how she was using these excuses and saying that she would no longer let them limit her. that she will not let them set her level of achievement, proclaiming her knowledge of those judgements makes them have no value.
from then on she is the one to determine her own worth and how high she will take it.
finally-- she will never be satisfied with what is because there is always something more.(driven by the thought that THEY want me to)
----kind of empowering, but will eventually drive you crazy-- because no can have it all, but must be satisfied with where you are. and you can't change that no matter what THEY think.
2006-10-01 01:48:10 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Sounds like the writer feels like excuses are a 2-edged sword.
On the one hand, they are oh-so easy to use to escape from stretching yourself- a way to allow yourself to stagnate.
On the other hand, without excuses, the author seems to feel that his/her time is not their own- I can't give someone a comfortable lie about why I want my time to myself, so I'm stuck being obligated to______.
Me, personally- I try to avoid using "excuses"... The truth is so much more respectful (and easy to remember!)... to them as well as myself.
2006-10-01 01:27:17 · answer #6 · answered by Yoda's Duck 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
ummm I may not be correct but I find that you are writting about a person who feels pressured to be perfect so she starts making up excuses in order to please those around her. But with every excuse she is only making a perminit hell where she can not be happy... am I right?
Please excuse my horriable spelling, lol.
2006-10-01 01:23:20 · answer #7 · answered by dratsum_blonde 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
get a life
2006-10-01 01:17:16 · answer #8 · answered by trader4578 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
like the person hates his/her life
2006-10-01 01:18:43 · answer #9 · answered by Bridget 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋