Gutless
Unveiling Existential Dilemmas: Jawbreaker's 'Gutless' Reflections
Lyrics
Swallow your pride.
Encouraging someone to suppress their pride.
But take it slow.
Advising caution and not rushing the process.
What's left inside without your words
Questioning what remains internally when someone refrains from expressing themselves.
You might just choke on it.
Suggesting potential difficulty or discomfort in holding back one's thoughts.
And you wouldn't want to do a thing like that.
Discouraging self-harm or negative consequences as a result of suppressing feelings.
And fists to hold them up?
Querying the use of fists to support or defend something.
You crawl to pass their tests.
Describing a submissive behavior to meet others' expectations or standards.
Can you look at it without rose colored lenses?
Challenging the perception of a situation by suggesting a need to see it without bias.
Doesn't speak too well of you.
Implying negative judgment about someone's character based on their actions.
I would like to help you but
Expressing a willingness to assist, but uncertainty about how to do so.
I'm not sure who to address.
Confusion about the appropriate recipient for assistance or support.
Used to be just one.
Reflecting on a time when there was unity or singularity.
Lost you to the other side
Acknowledging a loss or separation to an opposing side or perspective.
There are so many of you.
Noting an increase in the number of people with a similar experience or viewpoint.
Do you define yourself by some remembered set of empty phrases?
Questioning whether one's identity is shaped by clichéd and insincere expressions.
To promises of fun.
Referring to the allure of enjoyable experiences or activities.
Do you question them at all?
Prompting consideration of the validity or reliability of promises.
Is what you do and what you say just following companions?
Asking if actions and words are influenced by the desire to fit in with others.
Do you do it from fear of not belonging?
Questioning whether conformity stems from a fear of exclusion.
To find our way through this life.
Expressing a shared journey or quest for meaning in life.
I don't condemn you.
Stating a lack of condemnation despite the questioning.
Or are they something that you found?I know that we've all got to cling to something
Posing a query about the origins of beliefs and whether they are genuine.
Just look inside and see if your beliefs have any meaning.
Encouraging introspection to assess the meaningfulness of one's beliefs.
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