Upside Down from Here

Navigating Perspectives: Upside Down Meanings
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Lyrics

From Antartica to the polar caps

Referencing the vastness from Antarctica to the polar caps

Try to fit a big orb on a little flat map

Attempting to represent a spherical Earth on a flat map

I'm not going to drive this time

Choosing not to take control or lead this time

I love Greenland when it's Africa's size

Expressing admiration for Greenland when scaled like Africa

North is not up

Challenging the conventional idea that north is always "up"

And east is not right

Questioning the assumption that east is always "right"

Except for Milwaukee Wisconsin that night

Excepting a specific incident in Milwaukee, Wisconsin

I know what it feels like to be upside down from here

Understanding the feeling of being disoriented or reversed

Here is my arm and it waves like a flag that reminds me

Offering an arm as a symbol, reminding of having two arms and a map

That I have two arms and a map

Being aware of personal geography from Antarctica to the polar caps

From Antartica to the polar caps

Reiteration of attempting to represent a spherical Earth on a flat map

Try to fit a big orb on a little flat map

Continued intention of not taking control or lead this time

I'm not going to drive this time

Reaffirming admiration for Greenland when scaled like Africa

I love Greenland when it's Africa's size

Emphasizing that the direction of north isn't inherently "up"

North is not up

Stating that the direction of east isn't inherently "right"

And east is not right

Exceptional occurrence in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, challenging norms

Except for Milwaukee Wisconsin that night

Encouraging to learn one's own location on a map

(So get a map and learn where you live at)

Reiteration of the feeling of being disoriented or reversed

(Learn where you live at, learn where you live at)

Encouraging to learn and understand one's geographical location

I know what it feels like to be upside down from here

Restating the understanding of feeling disoriented or reversed

I know what it feels like to be upside down from here

Reaffirming the feeling of being disoriented or reversed

And if we met halfway in the middle of the planet

Imagining a meeting at the middle of the planet, pondering if it would cause motion

We'd just sit there and spin

Questioning the possibility of motion if two people met at the Earth's center

Would that happen? can it?

Wondering about the outcome of meeting at the planet's center

I know what it feels like to be upside down from here (here is my arm and it waves like a flag)

Reiteration of the feeling of being disoriented or reversed, referencing an arm waving like a flag

I know what it feels like to be upside down from here (that reminds me that I have two arms and a map )

Reiterating the reminder of having two arms and a map

Stop? (yeah)

A simple confirmation or agreement to stop

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