Own Way
Breaking Barriers: Overcoming Self-Obstacles in Oswin Benjamin's 'Own Way'
Lyrics
Verse 1
Introduction to the first verse
Stephanie
Mention of a person named Stephanie
Brittny
Mention of another person named Brittny
Add me
Reference to adding the speaker
And they hit me
Experiencing challenges or setbacks ("hit me")
But you say
Contrast between the listener's feelings and the speaker's
That you feel
The listener expresses a certain emotion, causing a reaction in the speaker
A way, a way, a way yeah
-And I can't
The speaker acknowledges a lack of control over the listener's feelings and actions
Control you
-Cause you see
-What you want to
-Even
-If I stay
-A way, a way, a way
-Can't keep up with you
Emphasizing the inability to keep up with the listener, and dissatisfaction with the current situation
This tables not for two
-This ain't what you do
-It's what you say
Focus on the listener's words
I see you getting in your own way
The listener is hindering their own progress and the speaker cannot influence them to stay
There's nothing I can do to make you stay
-You really make me feel some type
The listener's actions evoke a specific feeling in the speaker
of way ohh
-Look at you now
Observation of the listener building emotional barriers that the speaker tries to overcome
You build the walls I break em down
-You keep getting in your own way
The listener continues to obstruct their own path, prompting the speaker to take a different approach
I'm gone have to go and do things my own way
-Hook
Transition to the hook section
Look yourself into the mirror
Encouraging self-reflection in the mirror and recognizing self-sabotaging behavior
It's what you say
-You really getting in your own way
-Verse 2
Introduction to the second verse
Who you think you are?
Rhetorical question challenging the listener's self-perception
When I'm everything that you hate that you are
Comparison between the speaker and the qualities disliked by the listener
You say that you feel a way, a way, a way
Expression of conflicting feelings and questioning the sincerity of trust
And if you say that you trust me, why do your actions state other wise
-Is there enough space to love you
-Even if I stay a way, a way, a way,
-Can't keep up with you
Reiteration of the challenges in maintaining the relationship
This tables not for two
-This ain't what you do
-It's what you say
Similar to the first verse, addressing the listener's self-destructive actions and the speaker's efforts to break down emotional barriers
I see you getting in your own way
-There's nothing I can do to make you stay
-You really make me feel some type
-of way ohh
-Look at you now
-You build the walls I break em down
-You keep getting in your own way
Continued frustration with the listener's self-sabotage, leading the speaker to assert independence
I'm gone have to go and do things my own way
-Hook
Repetition of the hook
Look yourself into the mirror
Reiteration of the theme, emphasizing the need for self-reflection to overcome personal obstacles
It's what you say
-You really getting in your own way
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