Lyrics
Have you ever?
Asking a rhetorical question about a shared experience
Ever had to stand and just watch
Describing a feeling of helplessness or inability to act
while your life was like a game on your x-box?
Comparing life's challenges to a video game
Welcome to the club, I'm the president (incumbent)
Identifying with a group of people facing similar issues
We're almost like a nation of fools
Highlighting a collective foolishness or lack of wisdom
Where public spending's cut down to naught
Reference to reduced government spending
We're clutching at invisible straws
Attempting solutions without clear guidance
But noone's here to tell where they lead to, how to tell us who's in
Expressing a lack of direction or leadership
Control
Desire for control over life
I'm not in control
Admission of not having control
I seem to be but no (no control)
Reiteration of lack of control
Our lives are a river where we
Metaphorically likening life to a river
are swimming frantically,
Describing frantic efforts to gain control
Belly-up just trying to obtain
Struggling to gain control
Control
Reemphasizing the pursuit of control
We fail to take control
Recognizing failure to seize control
Fail to swim ashore
Failing to overcome challenges
It's all up in the air and I'd
Uncertainty and lack of direction
much rather go down river
Preference for going with the flow rather than failing
than go down like a lead balloon
Avoiding failure or disappointment
The bottom's never the place to be
Metaphorically referencing a negative situation
Why not surf on the surface with me
Inviting someone to stay on the surface level
It's easy and won't ruin your make-up (wake up)
Encouraging not to delve deep into problems
Don't bother with the deep end anymore
Suggesting an easier, carefree approach to life
I got happiness served on a plate for you
Promising happiness without difficulties
That old bliss on a table for two
Recalling past happiness in a relationship
Nothing in the water to weigh you down, just throw out all your
Encouraging letting go of burdens
Control
Reiteration of lack of control
I'm not in control
Acknowledging the absence of control
I seem to be but no (no control)
Confirming the lack of control
Our lives are a river where we
Metaphorically representing life's struggles
are swimming frantically
Describing the frantic efforts to gain control
Belly-up just trying to obtain
Struggling to gain control
Control
Reemphasizing the pursuit of control
We fail to take control
Recognizing failure to seize control
Fail to swim ashore
Failing to overcome challenges
It's all up in the air and I'd
Uncertainty and lack of direction
much rather go down river
Preference for going with the flow rather than failing
than go down like a lead balloon
Avoiding failure or disappointment
I never claimed the answer
Denying having all the answers
But I know what it's not
Asserting knowledge of what isn't the solution
Why fight the modulator
Questioning the need to fight against change
When he comes to lift you up
Accepting help or guidance
than go down like a lead balloon
Reiterating the preference to avoid failure
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