You Wouldn't Understand
Unraveling the Depths: Prescription Happiness Lyrics Decoded
Lyrics
Do you think you matter?
Challenges the listener's sense of importance or relevance.
Think again
Suggests reconsidering one's significance.
I'd try to explain but you wouldn't understand
Expresses difficulty in making someone comprehend a complex situation or emotion.
Say, you don't have a choice?
Questions the notion of having no options.
You feel "so paralysed"?
Challenges the feeling of being paralyzed, asserting the presence of choices.
I always have a choice
Asserts the constant existence of choices, even if difficult.
It rhymes with homicide
Draws a dark parallel between choices and homicide, implying a severe consequence.
I wake up everyday, exercise in futility
Highlights the repetitive and seemingly futile nature of daily activities.
Get in bed at night and contemplate the stupidity
Reflects on the absurdity of actions, thoughts, and speech during self-reflection at night.
Of everything I do and I say and I think
Suggests a critical evaluation of one's own existence.
This is how I live, did you expect you could relate to me?
Questions the possibility of others relating to the unique way of living.
Sometimes it feels just like nobody's listening
Expresses the loneliness of feeling unheard.
Sometimes it feels just like nobody gives a shit
Conveys a sense of apathy or indifference from others.
I'd try to explain but you wouldn't understand
Reiterates the difficulty in explaining a complex experience to others.
I'd try to explain but you wouldn't understand
-I'd try to explain but you wouldn't understand
-You wouldn't understand, no you wouldn't understand
-Aight, we're doing this once
Announces a significant moment or decision.
Imagine
Paints a vivid picture of overwhelming mental and physical struggles.
The loudest noise in your head
-Imagine
-The heaviest weight on your chest
-Imagine
-Your own body wants you dead
-Reaching for some air and broken beyond repair
-This reality
Describes a feeling of entrapment and the inability to escape from a harsh reality.
is too much for me
-I'm entrapped in this
-I can never leave
-I'd try to explain but you wouldn't understand
Repeats the challenge of explaining an intense experience to others.
I'd try to explain but you wouldn't understand
-I'd try to explain but you wouldn't understand
-You wouldn't understand, no you wouldn't understand
-Sometimes it's not as bad as it looks
Contrasts the appearance of a situation with its harsh reality.
It's much worse
-And I'm fine
Reassures the speaker's well-being, possibly sarcastically.
I'm alright
-Just fine
-I'm alright
-So you see, there's nothing to worry about
Dismisses the need for concern, possibly implying a facade.
Yeah yeah, I've told you
-Don't worry
-I'd try to explain but you wouldn't understand
Reiterates the challenge of making others understand a complex emotional state.
I'd try to explain but you wouldn't understand
-I'd try to explain but you wouldn't understand
-You wouldn't understand, no you wouldn't understand
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