Way I Am
Embracing Change: Journey through Self-Reflection
Lyrics
The other night I had a crazy dream
The narrator recounts a recent unusual dream.
'Bout a man in a fishing hat selling magazines
Describes a man in a fishing hat selling magazines in the dream.
All the way from Kingston he'd worked his way down
The man in the dream has traveled from Kingston and worked his way down.
I bought him a drink on the night they kicked him out of town
Narrator bought the man a drink when he was kicked out of town.
He said, "You know I don't like the way I am."
The man expresses dissatisfaction with himself.
"No, I don't like the way I am."
Reiteration of the man's dislike for himself.
And I saw an old fisherman out swayin' on a dock
Observation of an old fisherman drinking and displaying his catch.
Swigging a jug of something and a string of fish that he had caught
The fisherman's wife left him a week ago, and he copes by drinking.
His wife had left him just a week before
The reason for the fisherman's despair - his wife left him.
She packed up her bags and waltzed on out the door
She packed her bags and left without hesitation.
She said, "You know I don't like the way I am."
The fisherman's wife also expresses dissatisfaction with herself.
"No, I don't like the way I am."
Reiteration of the fisherman's wife's self-dislike.
And then she cried
She cried, indicating emotional pain.
And you and me walked down the shores of our youth
The narrator and someone else reminisce about their youth.
Chasing the sunrise, challenging the truth
They chase the sunrise, challenging their understanding of truth.
It's all so distant now I've seen too many lies
The past seems distant, and the narrator has witnessed many lies.
Turning my vision into crumbling demise
The lies have caused the narrator's vision to crumble.
Makes me want to say
The narrator expresses a desire to change who they are.
You know I don't like the way I am
Reiteration of the narrator's dissatisfaction with themselves.
No, I don't like the way I am
Expresses the narrator's discontent with their current state.
But I'm gonna change the way I am
Despite the dissatisfaction, there's a determination to change.
I'm gonna change the way I am
Reiteration of the narrator's commitment to change.
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