Pedestal
Navigating Emotions: The Struggle on a Pedestal
Lyrics
I'm sitting so high on this pedestal;
Expressing a sense of elevated status or self-importance.
No need to tell how I might feel if I fall.
Anticipation of the emotional impact if the speaker falls from the pedestal.
And you don't know how hard it is to cry,
Highlighting the difficulty of expressing emotions, particularly crying.
Ever since you have said goodbye.
Referring to the impact of a past farewell on the speaker's emotions.
You can't feel this sad and not a little strong.
Acknowledging a blend of sadness and strength in the speaker.
You can't feel this sad and not a little wrong.
Recognizing a feeling of being both sad and morally conflicted.
How you gonna know all the answers,
Raising questions about the ability to provide answers without knowing all the questions.
When you don't know all the questions yet?
Emphasizing the importance of understanding questions before seeking answers.
And there's a look in your eyes,
Pointing to an unspoken look in someone's eyes.
Of which we never speak.
Highlighting a mysterious aspect that remains undisclosed.
Will it make you strong?
Questioning if a particular experience will lead to strength.
Am I gonna feel so weak?
Anticipating a potential feeling of weakness.
Well I'm not the same as you,
Asserting differences between the speaker and another person.
And I don't want the things you do.
Rejecting the desire for the same things as the other person.
And all that preaching never let anyone know,
Criticizing preaching that doesn't reveal personal truths.
You cannot reap what you cannot sow.
Stating the impossibility of gaining without investing.
You cannot reap what you cannot sow.
Reiterating the principle of reaping what one sows.
And they never had the patience to let it be.
Commenting on the impatience preventing understanding.
Sometimes I've waited years for what I cannot see.
Expressing a long wait for something unknown.
It must be them, not the whole world that lies.
Suggesting deception from a specific group rather than the entire world.
To neither do I want, to have to say goodbye.
Expressing a reluctance to bid farewell.
You can't feel this sad and not a little strong.
Reiterating the combination of sadness and strength.
You can't feel this sad and not a little wrong.
Reiterating the internal conflict of sadness and wrongness.
How am I gonna know all the answers,
Pondering the ability to know answers without understanding the questions.
When I don't know how to question it?
Expressing uncertainty about how to question a situation.
And I don't know all the questions yet.
Acknowledging a lack of knowledge about all the questions.
And there's a look in your eye,
Referencing an unspoken look in the speaker's own eyes.
Of which we never speak.
Highlighting a potential consequence of becoming too strong.
Will it make me too strong?
Posing a question about strength affecting the speaker.
Are you gonna feel so weak?
Anticipating potential weakness in another person.
Well I'm not the same as you,
Reiterating differences between the speaker and another person.
And I don't have the things you do.
Rejecting a desire for the same possessions or experiences.
And all this preaching never let anyone know,
Criticizing ineffective preaching that hides personal truths.
You cannot reap what you cannot sow.
Restating the principle that one reaps what one sows.
You cannot reap what you cannot sow.
Emphasizing the importance of investing to gain.
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