Social Insecurity
Navigating Social Insecurities: A Citizen Fish Anthem
Lyrics
Growling as I stare at smiles from the other side of the street/is it the
Expressing discontent while observing happy faces across the street.
Speed I'm walking at or the shoes upon my feet?/I couldn't afford the baseball
Questioning if judgment is based on walking speed or footwear.
Boots that's not the game I play/and if you'd rather hang about I won't get in
Unable to afford certain societal symbols, choosing a different path.
Your way/if the words you backhand to your friend were meant for me to hear/
Avoiding interference with others, even if their words are meant for criticism.
I'll show you a better way to spend your time over a beer/or a coffee - come
Suggesting alternatives to negative social interactions like enjoying a drink or coffee.
On mutant-head! let's drop the social games/call it a bluff call it enough
Advocating for honesty and rejecting social games.
Quit calling eachother names/there's hardly any difference in the nature of
Encouraging people to stop name-calling and realize the similarities between them.
The threat/some like to be remebered by the reaction they can get/others need
Noting that some seek recognition through reactions, while others seek security in social circles.
Security in a certain social set/bth are too aware of what they yet still have
Highlighting the awareness of what individuals have versus what they still desire.
To get/is no one ever satisfid with being what they are?/if you show me all
Questioning if anyone is truly satisfied with their current state.
Your barbed wire I'll only show you scars/but tell me where you got it from
Using metaphorical language to express that revealing vulnerabilities leads to reciprocal openness.
And what it costs in friends/and I'll start to get a picture of a person not
Emphasizing the cost of maintaining a defensive attitude in terms of friendships.
A trend/ignorance and affinity to outsode influence/rejects the inner feeling
Highlighting the negative impact of external influences on individual feelings.
At anyone's expense/what provoked attack was the bature of defence/the weak
Exploring the connection between attack and defense, and the strength in acknowledging pretense.
Are strong in knowing that such strength is all pretence/so while you're
Acknowledging mutual awareness between individuals, despite differences.
Staring at me I'll be grinning back at you/at various intensities we'll both
Expressing a defiant and confident response to being observed.
Know it's true/that what eachother represents is an image we've been fed/If
Reflecting on the constructed images of self and others.
I'm a fucking waste of space than you're a mutant head/so let's discuss these
Proposing a discussion to find common ground and reject negativity.
Attitudes and find some common ground/just doing that is ground enough to
Arguing that engaging in such discussions is sufficient to dispel negativity.
Exorcise the sound of insults, sights of malice, inbred scorn and ignorance/
Listing negative elements to be exorcised for meaningful communication.
Once beyond the posing we can find the relevance
Looking beyond superficial posturing to discover true relevance in interactions.
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