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Navigating Identity: Joseph Maxwell's Reflection on Ambition and Authenticity
Lyrics
I don't know how to say this
I struggle to express what follows
I just wanna be famous
Desire for fame and recognition
I want everyone from my high school to remember what my name is
Wanting high school peers to remember their name
Feelin' like I'm washed up
Feeling like one's potential is depleted
My whole life's been wasted
Sense of a wasted life
I am twenty-seven and for some reason
Reflecting on being twenty-seven and feeling aged
That feels ancient
Expressing a sense of ancientness without clear explanation
I cannot explain it
Unable to articulate the reasons behind feelings
I think it's all these young kids
Attributing feelings to observing younger individuals
Doin' what I couldn't
Youthful individuals achieving what the speaker couldn't
Doin' what I never did
Regret for not pursuing certain actions in the past
I wanted to be somethin'
Expressing a desire to become something significant
Talkin' with my cousin
Recalling conversations with a relative
Ridin' bikes 'til sunset
Nostalgia for carefree activities with a friend
Thought the dream was real, but it wasn't
Realization that a dream wasn't as fulfilling as thought
I always hoped eventually
Hope for eventual self-realization
I'd be who I was meant to be
Desire to fulfill one's intended purpose
But I'm stuck in my anatomy
Feeling confined by one's physical form
I can't be somethin' more than me
Sense of inability to transcend one's current state
Do I really have to be myself?
Questioning the necessity of being true to oneself
Yeah dude, you can't be anyone else
Reaffirmation that one cannot be someone else
Do I really have to be myself?
Repeating the internal struggle of self-acceptance
Again, yes, like, who else would you even be?
Acknowledging the uniqueness of individual identity
Do I really have to be myself?
Reiterating the question of self-authenticity
Look, even if you changed every single thing about yourself, you would still be you
Emphasizing that changing oneself doesn't alter core identity
Do I really have to be myself?
Revisiting the internal debate on authenticity
You know what, no, you don't, you can be anybody you want
Rejecting the notion of being confined to a single identity
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