The Nobodies
Embracing Identity: The Nobodies' Struggle for Recognition
Lyrics
Today I'm dirty
Today the speaker feels morally or spiritually unclean
And I want to be pretty
Expresses a desire for physical attractiveness
Tomorrow, I know I'm just dirt
Anticipates a future realization of inherent worthlessness
Today I'm dirty
Reiteration of feeling dirty in the present
And I want to be pretty
Reiterates the desire for beauty
Tomorrow, I know I'm just dirt
Re-emphasizes the expected future sense of worthlessness
We are the nobodies
Identification as "nobodies" with a desire to be recognized after death
Wanna be somebodies
-When we're dead
-They'll know just who we are
-We are the nobodies
-Wanna be somebodies
-When we're dead
-They'll know just who we are
-Yesterday I was dirty
Reflects on a past state of impurity
Wanted to be pretty
Expresses a past longing for physical attractiveness
I know now that I'm forever dirt
Realization of a perpetual state of impurity
Yesterday I was dirty
Recalls a past feeling of dirtiness
Wanted to be pretty
Reflects on a past desire for beauty
I know now that I'm forever dirt
Acknowledgment of an enduring sense of dirtiness
We are the nobodies
Repetition of the theme of being "nobodies" and the desire for posthumous recognition
Wanna be somebodies
-When we're dead
-They'll know just who we are
-We are the nobodies
-Wanna be somebodies
-When we're dead
-They'll know just who we are
-Some children died the other day
Narrative about children dying due to societal exploitation and media sensationalism
We fed machines and then we prayed
-Puked up and down in morbid faith
-You should have seen the ratings that day
-Some children died the other day
-We fed machines and then we prayed
-Puked up and down in morbid faith
-You should have seen the ratings that day
-We are the nobodies
Continuation of the theme of being "nobodies" with a desire for acknowledgment after death
Wanna be somebodies
-When we're dead
-They'll know just who we are
-We are the nobodies
-Wanna be somebodies
-When we're dead
-They'll know just who we are
-We are the nobodies
Final repetition of the speaker's identification as "nobodies" and the wish for recognition posthumously
Wanna be somebodies
-When we're dead
-They'll know just who we are
-We are the nobodies
-Wanna be somebodies
-When we're dead
-They'll know just who we are
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