Lyrics
It's hard being happy
Expressing difficulty in maintaining happiness.
When I'm just a monkey
Describing oneself as a monkey, symbolizing a restless and wandering mind.
With a mind that's evolved to be constantly wanting
Highlighting the evolved nature of the mind, always desiring and wanting.
All of the time
Emphasizing the constant state of wanting all the time.
So I fill it with dumb things
Choosing to fill the mind with trivial and unimportant things.
Mostly trivial nothing
Referring to the mind's preoccupation with insignificant matters.
But it's favorite one is this image of you that it plays every night
Describing a recurring mental image of someone special, possibly a source of happiness.
Oh monkey mind
Addressing the "monkey mind" and questioning when it will calm down or stop its restless nature.
When will you resign
Asserting that the mind cannot have what it desires, repeated for emphasis.
You know that you can't have it
-You can't have it
-You can't have it
-I've got plenty to fill me
Acknowledging having sufficient things to bring contentment.
But how quickly it's fleeting
Reflecting on the fleeting nature of contentment, possibly due to the constant wanting of the mind.
It's a terrible truth that I try to subdue cuz I know it ain't right
Accepting a challenging truth and attempting to suppress it because it feels morally wrong.
But I'm a simpleton really
Admitting to simplicity and basic emotions.
And I've got primitive feelings
Highlighting primitive and instinctive feelings.
It's three in the morning, this vision of you is runnin' all of the time
Describing a persistent vision of someone special at an inconvenient time.
Oh monkey mind
Reiterating that the mind cannot possess what it desires, repeated for emphasis.
When will you resign
-You know that you can't have it
-You can't have it
-You can't have it
-Oh monkey mind
Encouraging the "monkey mind" to stop wasting time on unattainable desires, repeated for emphasis.
Stop wasting your time
-You know that you can't have it
-You can't have it
-You can't have it
-You can't have it
Final repetition emphasizing the impossibility of obtaining the desired object.
You can't have it
-You can't have it
-You can't have it
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