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Defying Conformity: Path of Resistance's Anthem Against Oppression
Lyrics
From day one Schools, peers, media
Refers to influences from schools, peers, and media since day one.
Push us in certain ways
Describes external pressures pushing individuals in specific directions.
Intimidated, shamed, pressured Into an untrue identity
Expresses the experience of feeling intimidated, shamed, and pressured to adopt a false identity.
The bastard mob whose aim it is
Refers to a group (the "bastard mob") with the goal of keeping the speaker in check.
To keep me in check
Indicates the attempts to restrain the speaker's freedom or individuality.
Can't hold me down, with their mockeries Or put that noose around my neck
Asserts the speaker's resilience against attempts to control and oppress, using mockeries as a tool.
Those brainless clones repulse me
Expresses strong aversion to mindless conformity.
So I'll walk alone
Declares the decision to walk a path independent of brainless conformity.
And all I need is one friend called truth
Highlights the importance of truth as a solitary but reliable companion.
And my heart is its home
Emphasizes that truth resides in the speaker's heart.
This world won't defeat me
Repeated affirmation of the speaker's determination not to be defeated by the world.
This world won't defeat me
-This world won't defeat me
-I won't be a victim To the venomous ways around me
Rejects the role of a victim to the negative influences surrounding the speaker.
This hellish environment is not my master
States that the challenging environment does not have control over the speaker.
Day upon day I've listened to your threats
Describes the speaker's endurance against continuous threats.
Year upon year I've watched you deteriorate
Observation of the gradual deterioration of those making threats over the years.
I have my own mind Now I make my own choices
Declares the speaker's independence in making choices and having their own mind.
And am my own lord in these days
Asserts the speaker's self-authority in the present.
From now on This world won't defeat me
Reiteration of the determination not to be defeated by the world.
I have my own mind Now I make my own choices
-And am my own lord in these days
-From now on This world won't defeat me
-Those brainless clones repulse me
Reaffirms the speaker's aversion to mindless conformity.
So I'll walk alone
Reiterates the decision to walk a path independent of brainless conformity.
And all I need is one friend called truth
Restates the importance of truth as a companion.
And my heart is its home
Reaffirms the connection between the speaker's heart and truth.
This world won't defeat me
Final repetition of the determination not to be defeated by the world.
This world won't defeat me
-This world won't defeat me
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