PAINTINGS IN THE SKY
Unveiling Jakarta's Sky Canvas: A Teen's Journey Beyond the Grid
Lyrics
Seventeen
Feeling youthful at seventeen
Dumb as can be
Not very smart
I was seventeen
Reflecting on being seventeen
I was free in a box that
Expressing freedom within self-imposed limitations
I made myself
Creating a confined space for oneself
But I can't stand the mirror lookin at myself
Discomfort with self-reflection in the mirror
I was so used
Accustomed to a certain lifestyle
I was told lies
Deceived by false information
If I refuse
Facing consequences if refusing certain things
I get no rice
Pressure to conform to societal expectations
Life is a box that you make yourself
Life as a self-constructed entity
You handpick the songs to be on your shelf
Choosing the elements to define one's life
With your name on it
Personal identity reflected in chosen songs
The name that you live on and die with it
The significance of one's name throughout life and death
Didn't know that I was just a teen
Realizing the naivety of being a teenager
Dumb as can be when I was seventeen
Acknowledging past foolishness at seventeen
The music was never the business
Music losing its purity and becoming a business
They turned me into one of them clean cut princes
Transformation into a polished figure
I don't want that glit
Rejecting the superficial glamour
Purely I was in it for the music bit
Initial motivation for music was genuine
Say I'm lookin good
Compliments on appearance but dissatisfaction with music
But never lookin forward to the songs I sing
Not enjoying the songs performed
It's time wasting
Perceived as time-wasting
Never go over off the grid
Avoiding going off the conventional path
You can never go over off the grid
Emphasizing the inability to deviate from societal norms
Never go over off the grid
-You can never go over off the grid
-Never go over off the grid
-You can never go over off the grid
-Never go over off the grid
-You can never go over off the grid
-Paintings in the sky of Jakarta
Referencing Jakarta as a metaphorical canvas
Paintings in the sky of Jakarta
-I don't know so much. No
Uncertainty about life
I really like rush
Expressing a preference for excitement
The randoms in my life
Unpredictable elements in life compared to thunder
Are like thunders in the clouds
Seeking guidance from the metaphorical sky paintings
Paintings in the sky show me where to go now
Desire for immediate direction in life
Right now
-Right now
-Right now
-Right now
Repeatedly asking for guidance
Tell me where to go
-Just tell me where to go now
-Tell me where to go
-Just tell me
-Tell me
-Tell me where to go
-Just tell me where to go now
-Tell me where to go
-Just tell me
-Tell me
Continued uncertainty in life
Paintings in the sky of Jakarta
Reiteration of the metaphorical sky paintings
Paintings in the sky of Jakarta
-I don't know so much. No
-I really like rush
-The randoms in my life
-Are like thunders in the clouds
-Paintings in the sky show me where to go now
Continued desire for guidance and direction
Right now
-Right now
-Right now
-Right now
-Right now
-Right now
-I don't know so much. No
Repeated expression of a liking for excitement
I really like rush
-I don't know so much. No
-I really like rush
-I don't know so much. No
-I really like rush
-I don't know so much. No
-I really like rush
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