If It Feels Right
Navigating Social Struggles: If It Feels Right by Inbar Starr
Lyrics
I'm socially awkward, not looking forward
I feel socially awkward and not excited about future hangouts.
To another hangout with them soon
I am not looking forward to spending time with certain people soon.
I'm usually honored, but lately I've altered
Usually, I feel honored, but lately, I've changed too much about myself.
Too much of myself to
There has been a significant alteration in my personality.
Fit in with cool kids, all things that I did
I struggle to fit in with the "cool kids" and regret some past actions.
Don't know what I've got myself into
I am uncertain about the situation I've involved myself in.
And now you're asking me to come along...
Someone is inviting me to join them despite my reservations.
So if it feels right baby, maybe, maybe yeah
Encouragement to go ahead if it feels right.
If it feels right baby, maybe, maybe yeah
Repetition of the encouragement to act if it feels right.
If it feels ra ra ra right baby
If it feels right, the emphasis on the feeling of comfort or compatibility.
Oh ra ra ra right maybe
Reiteration of the idea that if it feels right, then maybe it is.
If it feels right baby, maybe, maybe yeah...
Continuation of the encouragement to act if it feels right.
Fearing of strangers, loving your neighbors
Expressing fear of strangers and the importance of loving one's neighbors.
That's what they teach in school
Suggesting societal expectations taught in school.
Looking for answers, inside the papers
Seeking answers within external sources, perhaps unsuccessfully.
Who am I trying to fool?
Questioning one's attempts to deceive oneself.
Trying to fit in with cool kids, all things that I did
Similar to lines 5 and 6, reiterating the struggle to fit in.
Don't know what I've got myself into
Repeating uncertainty about the situation entered into.
Now you're asking me, to come along...
Reiteration of someone inviting the speaker despite reservations.
So if it feels right baby, maybe, maybe yeah
Repetition of the encouragement to act if it feels right.
If it feels right baby, maybe, maybe yeah
Further repetition of the encouragement to act if it feels right.
If it feels ra ra ra right baby
Emphasizing the importance of the feeling of rightness.
Oh ra ra ra right maybe
Reiteration that if it feels right, then maybe it is right.
If it feels right baby, maybe, maybe yeah...
Continuation of the encouragement to act if it feels right.
It's so hard to find real friends in this town
Expressing difficulty in finding genuine friendships in the current environment.
It's so hard to find real friends in this town
Repetition of the challenge in finding authentic friends.
I said, it's so hard to find real friends in this town
Reiteration of the difficulty in finding true friends.
No... No...
Emphasizing the challenge with a direct "No."
If it feels ra ra ra right, ra ra ra right baby, ra ra ra right
Repetition of the importance of the feeling of rightness.
If it feels right baby, maybe, maybe yeah
Repetition of the encouragement to act if it feels right.
If it feels right
Reiteration of the importance of the feeling of rightness.
If it feels right
Repetition of the encouragement to act if it feels right.
If it feels right baby, maybe, yeah
Concluding repetition of the encouragement to act if it feels right.
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