Lyrics
Can I tell you a story
Expressing a desire to share a narrative
It's a tough one to tell
Referring to a challenging or difficult story to convey
Kids kept calling her crazy, now she's on Seroquel
Describing societal judgment and the use of Seroquel, a medication for mental health
So her friends treat her different, lest the boat rock too hard
Friends treating Nadia differently to avoid disturbance
But their Stepford wife smiles make her put up her guard
Nadia being cautious due to insincere smiles of others
Nadia Nadia Nadia Nadia Nadia it's all in your head
Repetition of Nadia's name, suggesting an internal struggle and dismissal by others
Nadia Nadia Nadia Nadia Nadia did you hear what I said
-We would flee to the forests back when Chrétien was king
Recalling a past time, possibly simpler, using historical reference (Chrétien)
Poised in porcelain porridge at your chickenpox christening
Symbolic imagery of vulnerability during childhood
Now you're sleeping in tiles, pushing people away into neat pillbox piles
Nadia distancing herself, perhaps due to mental health struggles
A pharmacist's payday
Highlighting the commercial aspect of medication
But the overcoats don't care
Indifference of others, represented by overcoats
Hear them coo "laissez-faire" with their rosaries prim for prayer
Mocking religious attitudes with "laissez-faire" and prayer
Nadia Nadia Nadia Nadia Nadia it's all in your head
Repeated emphasis on the perception of Nadia's struggles
Nadia Nadia Nadia Nadia Nadia did you hear what I said
-Let me assert my firm belief that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself
Quoting FDR, addressing fear and its hindrance to progress
Nameless unreasoning unjustified terror
-Which paralyzes needed efforts to convert retreat into advance
-Nadia Nadia Nadia Nadia Nadia it's all in your head
Repetition of Nadia's name, reinforcing the theme of internal struggles
Nadia Nadia Nadia Nadia Nadia did you hear what I said
-Nadia Nadia Nadia Nadia Nadia it's all in your head
-Nadia Nadia Nadia Nadia Nadia did you hear what I said
-There's a lion in her soul and she doesn't even know
Emphasizing an undiscovered strength within Nadia, symbolized by a lion
There's a lion in her soul and she doesn't even know
-There's a lion in her soul and she doesn't even know
-Oh no, there's a lion in her soul and she doesn't even know
-Nadia it's all in your head
Final affirmation that Nadia's challenges are internal, questioning if she comprehends
Nadia did you hear what I said
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