White Collar
Navigating Modern Struggles: White Collar Insights
Lyrics
Disaffected knowledge worker
Expressing dissatisfaction as a knowledge worker
You take up gardening to reconnect
Engaging in gardening as a means to reconnect with something
Practice mindfulness of the present
Engaging in mindfulness practices focused on the present moment
Romanticize the past
Idealizing or glorifying the past
and fear for the future.
Feeling anxiety or concern about what lies ahead
Do you fear for the future coming to pass?
Asking if there is apprehension about the future becoming a reality
After you left a frantic voicemail
Reference to leaving a distressed voicemail message
I must have called you back a hundred times
Repeated attempts to contact someone after receiving a distressing message
You texted back to tell me you were working late,
Explanation received via text about working late and stress due to deadlines
Just a little stressed with all the deadlines
Describing the stress associated with work deadlines
Your therapist assures you it's normal
Therapist reassures that the stress is normal, suggesting professional help
Just try to focus on the objects in the room
Encouragement to focus on immediate surroundings as a coping mechanism
"Everyone's a little frayed this time of year
Acknowledging collective stress during a particular time of the year
No shame in feeling a little unglued"
Normalizing the feeling of being a bit emotionally scattered
I want you to know I remember us before
Recollection of a past connection or relationship
Accruing debt on unsubsidized loans
Reflecting on shared experiences, including financial struggles with loans
I want you to feel light as the air
Expressing a desire for the person to feel unburdened and carefree
I want you to disappoint your boss
Encouraging the person to defy workplace expectations or pressures
I love you, you are alright.
Affirmation of love and acceptance
I love you, you are alright.
Reiteration of love and acceptance
I love you, you are alright by me.
Continued affirmation of love and acceptance
I love you, you are alright.
Repeated assurance of love and acceptance
I love you, you are alright.
Continued reassurance of love and acceptance
I love you, you are alright by me.
Final confirmation of love and acceptance
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