The Misfit's Swing
Embrace Your Uniqueness: The Misfit's Anthem
Lyrics
This is how it must be done
This indicates the prescribed or expected way of doing things.
This is how you must behave
Conveys the expected code of conduct or behavior.
This is how I will ignore your comments
Expresses a refusal to acknowledge or pay attention to critical comments.
This is how you should look like
Defines an ideal appearance or image that should be adopted.
This is what you have to say
Specifies the required content of speech or expression.
This is how I'll do: as I damn please
Declares the speaker's intention to act according to their own will.
Following stereotypes, you'd like to become an archetype
Addresses the desire to conform to established patterns and ideals.
Criticizing doesn't make you so unique
Dismisses the uniqueness of criticism as not making the critic stand out.
If I listened to all that I hear around me
Expresses the potential negative impact of heeding all the surrounding opinions.
I'll turn crazy I'll go mad, mad, mad
Describes the consequence of absorbing too much external input – madness.
I don't want to please everyone around me
Rejects the idea of pleasing everyone in the surroundings.
Do you know what? I don't care
Declares the speaker's indifference to others' opinions.
What if you think I am weird?
Ponders the possibility of being perceived as strange or unconventional.
You won't control how I feel
Affirms the speaker's independence from external control over their emotions.
Now I'm flying free for once in my life
Expresses a sense of newfound freedom in the speaker's life.
Surrounded by hypocrites
Highlights the speaker's experience of being surrounded by insincere people.
Censured by clones, crucified
Describes the speaker's feeling of being condemned and criticized by imitators.
I represent to you all the sins
Claims to represent all the sins, possibly suggesting rebellion or nonconformity.
Following stereotypes, you'd like to become an archetype
Repeats the desire to conform to established patterns and ideals.
Criticizing doesn't make you so unique
Reiterates that criticizing others doesn't make one unique.
If I listened to all that I hear around me
Repeats the negative consequences of absorbing all surrounding opinions.
I'll turn crazy I'll go mad, mad, mad
Reiterates the potential descent into madness by listening to too much criticism.
I don't want to please everyone around me
Restates the refusal to please everyone in the surroundings.
Do you know what? I don't care
Emphasizes the speaker's indifference to others' opinions.
You will never recognize that I invade your thoughts, in the bottom of your dull mind you idolize me, you adore my charm
Describes the speaker's belief that they are secretly admired and idolized despite criticism.
If I listened to all that I hear around me
Reiterates the negative consequences of heeding all surrounding opinions.
I'll turn crazy I'll go mad, mad, mad
Reiterates the potential descent into madness by listening to too much criticism.
I don't want to please everyone around me
Restates the refusal to please everyone in the surroundings.
Do you know what? I don't care
Emphasizes the speaker's indifference to others' opinions.
You pretend that I mean nothing to your morals
Addresses the pretense that the speaker is inconsequential to others' moral values.
I'm your scandal, you all lie, lie, lie
Asserts the speaker's role as a scandal and accuses others of lying.
Because you'll never dare to face your own obtuseness
Accuses others of avoiding facing their own moral shortcomings.
Do you know what? I don't mind
Reiterates the speaker's indifference to others' opinions.
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