Big Wild World
Navigating Fear and Longing in a Big Wild World
Lyrics
Feel like I am floating down a river
Feels adrift, lacking direction
No sense of direction
Unclear path and destination
And no place to go
No specific place to aim for
Where once adventure lay
Previously, opportunities for adventure were present
In the unknown
Unknown territory
Now strikes fear in my bones
Unknown now causes fear
I miss the ease and familiar scenes
Longing for comfort of familiar surroundings
Back home
Yearning for the ease of being back home
I I wanted to find myself
Desire to discover personal identity
Be someone you would respect
Wish to be respected by others
I I wanted to find myself and be somebody
Yearning for personal growth and recognition
Out in the big wide world
Existing in a vast, uncertain world
The big wild world
Emphasis on the enormity and untamed nature of the world
Feel like I am never gonna make it
Feeling of stagnation, unlikely to succeed
Sometimes I catch the waves
Occasional moments of progress, but fleeting
But they do not last long
Progress doesn't last
Takes all the energy
Struggling to muster energy
I have to breathe and fight the fear in my soul
Difficulty in overcoming internal fears
Oh I crave the day that I hear you say
Longing to hear an invitation to return home
Come home
Desire to come back to a familiar place
I I wanted to find myself
Continued search for personal identity
And be someone you would respect
Desire for external validation through respect
I I wanted to find myself and be somebody
Wish to establish a meaningful identity
Out in the big wild world
Existing in a vast, uncertain world
Do you think I was following a foolish dream
Questioning if aspirations were naive
And all I ever needed was you and me?
Wondering if love and closeness were all that was needed
I I wanted to find myself
Desire to discover personal identity
And be someone you would respect
Seeking external validation through respect
I I wanted to find myself and be somebody
Yearning for personal growth and recognition
Out in the big wild world
Existing in a vast, uncertain world
This big wild world
Emphasis on the enormity and untamed nature of the world
This big wild world
Reiteration of the vastness and untamed nature of the world
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