Looking Down
Contemplating Self-Worth and Longing in "Looking Down" by Keep it Together
Lyrics
Half the time I wanna go to sleep
Expressing a desire to sleep, possibly to escape or find solace.
So I'll go to sleep
Deciding to follow through with the desire and go to sleep.
And I'll admit defeat
Admitting a sense of defeat, acknowledging a challenging situation.
Other times I need to talk to you
Expressing a need to communicate with someone.
But you're working nights
Noticing a barrier as the person to talk to is working nights.
And I... I guess that's alright
Acceptance of the situation, finding it okay that the other person is working.
Try to explain this feeling to myself
Attempting to understand and articulate personal emotions.
But it doesn't feel like anything else
Feeling that the emotions are unique and incomparable to anything else.
I still think about you thinking of me
Reflecting on the idea of someone else thinking about the speaker.
I don't mind how I look
Expressing indifference towards physical appearance.
But I don't like how I feel
Acknowledging discomfort with emotional well-being.
No one has to know what I think of myself now
Privacy about personal thoughts and self-perception.
You're looking down on me
Acknowledging that someone is looking down on the speaker.
But I don't mind
Expressing acceptance and indifference to being observed or judged.
I'd take a minute but
Willing to take a moment but feeling that it's not the right time.
It's not the time
Implying a sense of urgency or unfavorable conditions for reflection.
Try to explain this feeling to myself
Repeating the struggle to explain personal emotions to oneself.
But it doesn't feel like anything else
Reiterating the uniqueness and complexity of the emotional experience.
I still think about you thinking of me
Continuing to think about being in someone else's thoughts.
I don't mind how I look
Reiterating indifference towards physical appearance.
But I don't like how I feel
Restating discomfort with emotional well-being.
No one has to know what I think of myself now
Emphasizing the private nature of self-perception.
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