Domestication
Drifting into Domestication: Patrik Fitzgerald's Reflection on Conformity and Lost Rebellion
Lyrics
I tell you I'm happy
I claim to be happy.
But it isn't so
Contrary to my claim, I am not truly happy.
Staring at the walls
I am gazing at the walls of our recently acquired home.
Of our new found home
Reflection on the place we now call home.
Where does the money come from
Questioning the source of income to meet rent obligations.
To pay the rent?
Concern about financial stability and paying rent.
Equate the amount earned
Comparing the income earned with the effort put in.
With the effort spent
Evaluating the fairness of the reward for effort.
Taking the first step
Expressing the ease of the initial step.
Wasn't so difficult
Describing the simplicity of the first move.
I just seemed to drift
Unconscious progression into the current situation.
Into the situation
Reflecting on how I ended up in this circumstance.
Taking the last step
Commenting on the difficulty of the final step.
Isn't so easy
Highlighting the challenge in the last move.
In the final few footsteps
Referring to the concluding steps of the process.
Into domestication.
Summing up the transition into domestic life.
Whatever happened
Expressing confusion about changes.
To my rebellious nature?
Questioning the disappearance of rebellious tendencies.
Wash it down the sink
Suggesting a metaphorical disposal of rebellious spirit.
With the dirty water
Linking rebellious nature to undesirable elements.
Mentally years ahead of my age
Claiming mental maturity beyond chronological age.
A fictional father
Imagining a father figure in a fictional context.
To a son and daughter
Specifying the relationship with a son and daughter.
Taking the first step
Repeating the notion of the ease of the initial step.
Wasn't so difficult
Reiterating the simplicity of the first move.
I just seemed to drift
Re-emphasizing the unconscious drift into the situation.
Into the situation
Revisiting the reflection on how one arrived at this point.
Taking the last step
Reiterating the difficulty of the final step.
Isn't so easy
Re-emphasizing the challenge in the last move.
The final few footsteps
Repeating the reference to the concluding steps.
Into domestication
Concluding the process of becoming domesticated.
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