Lyrics
And I was a boy from school
The speaker reflects on being a boy at school.
Helplessly helping all the rules
Describes the speaker's actions of obediently following rules.
And there was a boy at school
References another boy at school who struggles with societal norms.
Hopelessly wrestling all his fools
Highlights the challenges faced by the other boy in dealing with fools.
And there was a girl at school
Introduces a girl at school who blames her actions on learned words from home.
Blaming all the words she learned from home
Describes the girl's tendency to attribute responsibility to external influences.
Nothing would keep her a child
Suggests a transition into adulthood, leaving childhood innocence behind.
Long hours don't you know we try
Expresses the effort to maintain a sense of childishness despite long hours.
We try but we didn't have long
Reiterates the speaker's attempts, acknowledging a sense of not belonging.
We try but we don't belong
-We try but we didn't have long
-We try but we don't belong
-Now I meet you on the street
Shifts to a meeting on the street, breaking rules without harm.
Harmlessly breaking rules we meet
Describes a meeting that challenges conventional norms but is harmless.
Lives are found and love's are lost
Addresses the complexities of life and the consequences of love.
Say goodbye to nothing everything caused
Suggests a farewell to trivial matters caused by love and relationships.
Now I find you on the street
Revisits a street encounter, emphasizing the hopelessness in breaking rules.
Breaking rules hopelessly we meet
Describes a meeting with a similar tone as the earlier encounter.
Lives are found but love's are lost
Acknowledges the discovery of lives but the loss of love.
Say goodbye to everything, nothing caused
Reiterates a farewell, emphasizing the ambiguous impact of nothing.
We try but we didn't have long
Repeats the theme of trying but not belonging, underscoring a sense of disconnection.
We try but we don't belong
-We try but we didn't have long
-We try but we don't belong
-I got, I got lost
Expresses a feeling of being lost, with someone offering a supposed way back.
You said this was the way back
-I got I got lost
-You said this was the way back
-I got I got lost
-You said this was the way back
-We try but we didn't have long
Concludes with a repetition of the struggle to belong, emphasizing the brevity of the attempt.
We try but we don't belong
-We try but we didn't have long
-We try but we don't belong
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