Future Boxes
Unboxing Tomorrow: Aubrey Haddard's Reflection on Life's Choices
Lyrics
Future boxes
Feeling constrained by predetermined future expectations or goals.
That’s all you’ve got
Expressing a sense of limitation or lack of options.
Keeping track and checking them off
Keeping a record and fulfilling predetermined tasks or achievements.
Future boxes
Reiterating the theme of confined future possibilities.
Make you feel good
Finding satisfaction in conforming to societal expectations.
Doing things everyone says you should
Engaging in activities endorsed by society for a sense of fulfillment.
My four sides are more like suggestions
Self-awareness of personal complexity, not easily defined by four sides or perspectives.
Maybe I’ve got too many questions
Expressing uncertainty and a tendency to question things.
Afraid for my life (life)
Feeling threatened or anxious about one's existence.
Teacher says I’ve got the right answer
Being acknowledged for having the correct response according to societal standards.
Maybe I don’t want the right answer
Questioning the desirability of the socially accepted correct answer.
Damned if I’m right
Facing challenges or consequences despite being correct.
Damned if I’m right
Repeating the dilemma of facing challenges despite being right.
Bigger pictures
Struggling to understand the broader implications of life.
I just can’t see
Difficulty foreseeing distant future possibilities.
What lies far ahead of me
Uncertainty about what lies ahead in the future.
Bigger pictures
Continuing the theme of struggling with understanding larger perspectives.
Missing some parts
Feeling incomplete or lacking in some aspects.
I prefer to take it apart
Prefering to deconstruct situations rather than accepting them as they are.
But everyone keeps shaking their heads
Facing disapproval from others for questioning the status quo.
Telling me we made our own bed
Being reminded of the consequences of one's choices.
So lay in it now (now)
Being urged to accept the consequences despite discomfort.
But I can’t sleep or see bigger pictures
Struggling with sleep or gaining clarity about broader perspectives.
Future boxes won’t become fixtures if you don’t know how
Highlighting the importance of understanding and creating future possibilities.
To make them now
Emphasizing the necessity of actively shaping one's future.
When it’s said and done
Pondering the individual's role after completing tasks or achieving goals.
Are you gonna be the only one
Questioning whether one will be alone in their achievements.
When it’s all said and done
Reflecting on the aftermath of life's experiences.
Are you gonna be the only one
Pondering solitude in the face of life's conclusions.
With future boxes
Repeating the theme of future limitations and expectations.
Future, future boxes
Emphasizing the idea of future boxes and their impact.
With future boxes
Repeating the concept of future boxes.
Future, future boxes
Reiterating the idea of being confined by future expectations.
With future boxes
Continuing the theme of being restricted by societal norms.
Future, future boxes
Repeating the notion of future limitations imposed by society.
With future boxes
Emphasizing the impact of societal expectations on individual freedom.
Future, future boxes
Reiterating the struggle with future constraints imposed by society.
Processing Power
Introducing the concept of processing power, possibly referring to mental capacity.
When did this become so linear?
Questioning the development of thought processes becoming linear.
Staring down the barrel cylind
Expressing a sense of being in a challenging or threatening situation.
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