Obsolete
Navigating Life's Labyrinth: Sara Groves' 'Obsolete' Reflections
Lyrics
It's hard to feel obsolete
Feeling irrelevant or no longer needed
It's hard to feel your skirts are showing
Feeling exposed or vulnerable
You pull and tug to hide the works
Struggling to conceal the mechanisms that sustain things
That keep the whole thing going
Systems or processes that support the entirety of something
And you don't know where you stand
Uncertain about one's position or status
And you feel so small and thin
Feeling insignificant and fragile
And if you are dismissed
Fear of rejection or being disregarded
Will another take you in?
Concern about being replaced or overlooked
Walking through a hall of doors
Encountering various opportunities or options
Looking through a million portals
Exploring numerous potential paths or avenues
Everyone is having fun
Others seem to enjoy themselves
Everybody seems immortal
Others appear invulnerable or immortal
And you don't know where you stand
Feeling uncertain about one's place or role
And did something pass you by?
Wondering if opportunities were missed
And if you are dismissed
Fear of not getting another chance
Will you get another try?
Hope for a second opportunity or try
Are you and I an apparition
Questioning existence or significance
Flickering up on the screen
Appearing briefly or intermittently
Sending out our best transmissions
Projecting one's best self outwardly
Waiting in our velveteen
Waiting or existing in an unreal or artificial state
Tell me you can really see me
Seeking genuine acknowledgment or recognition
It's hard to feel disqualified
Feeling invalidated or disqualified
For living in a different time
Being disregarded due to living differently
As if the train will only stop
Impression that progress only recognizes the current trends
For the current paradigm
Aligned with the present accepted beliefs or practices
And I don't know where we are
Uncertainty about current circumstances or whereabouts
Are we passing through these wires
Questioning existence in a digital realm
Are we walking through the streets
Existence in an intangible or unseen societal structure
Of invisible empires
Living within powerful but unnoticed societal constructs
And I know I shouldn't care
Realizing insignificance in the grand scheme
If I'm out or if I'm in
Indifference to fitting in or being excluded
Cause if I am dismissed
Recognition that someone will still accept despite rejection
Oh you always take me in
Assurance of being embraced even when rejected elsewhere
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