Darling
Embrace Liberation: Breaking Chains in Chloe Berry's 'Darling'
Lyrics
These city streets they eat away at you
Urban environments can be corrosive to one's identity and spirit.
You wanna be somebody but they don't want you
The desire to achieve recognition clashes with societal acceptance.
But you've been told you've been sold and it's so old
Reiteration that societal pressures have been imposed repeatedly, becoming cliché.
There's nothing they can say that won't make you feel controlled
Feeling constantly manipulated or influenced by external forces.
Now I use my words I grew a spine
Now using words to assert oneself, but personal growth takes time.
But these things they take time
Emphasizing the gradual nature of personal development.
I met someone whom I don't belong
Encountering someone/something where there's a feeling of not fitting in.
But you never thought that was very wrong
An awareness of this mismatch, yet it wasn't deemed inappropriate.
Don't tell me who I ought to be
Rejecting external expectations dictating identity.
Quite frankly that's up to nobody
Asserting personal autonomy in defining oneself.
Now I use my words I grew a spine
Continuing to express oneself, acknowledging the patience required.
But these things they take time
Reiterating that personal growth is a gradual process.
Do you still live in that thing you call the past
Asking about lingering attachment to past experiences.
Does it get at you oh wait forget I asked
Considering whether past experiences still have an impact.
I've grown so tired I could just go to sleep
Expressing exhaustion, possibly emotional or mental fatigue.
But then would I be around for your defeat
Contemplating whether personal absence would affect others' outcomes.
Now I use my words I grew a spine
Reiterating the use of words to assert oneself, reiterating the gradual process.
But these things they take time
Highlighting the time it takes for personal growth and assertion.
I met someone whom I don't belong
Revisiting the feeling of not fitting in with someone/something.
But you never thought that was very wrong
Recognizing this mismatch without considering it significantly wrong.
Don't tell me who I ought to be
Rejecting external imposition of identity.
Quite frankly that's up to nobody
Emphasizing personal autonomy in defining oneself.
Now I use my words I grew a spine
Continuing to use words to assert oneself despite the gradual process.
But these things they take time
Reiterating that personal growth and assertion take time.
Straighten yourself up darling
Encouragement to improve oneself or one's situation.
Straighten yourself up darling
Reiteration of the encouragement to better oneself or situation.
Comment