Placemat Blues
Searching for Inclusion
Lyrics
Get up from the table and just walk away
Expressing a desire to leave a situation or relationship
There's nothing for me anyway
Feeling that there's nothing worthwhile for the speaker
No reason that I should stay
Acknowledging the absence of a compelling reason to stay
Where's the place at the table for folks like me?
Questioning the place or acceptance for individuals like the speaker
There's not one that I can see
Observing a lack of recognition or space for people like the speaker
Not one I can see
Reiterating the absence of a place for the speaker
Used to be nothing sweeter than the signals it could send
Reflecting on the past significance of signals and music
The musical hand it could lend
Highlighting the positive influence of music on loneliness
Could be a lonely man's best friend
Wondering about the place for individuals who appreciate such music
Where's the place at the table for folks like them?
Asking where the acceptance is for those who differ in taste
Do you not want what they can spend?
Questioning if the system values only those who can spend money
Where's your place for them?
Challenging the lack of consideration for diverse tastes
Now don't tell me that you don't see these things all sideways
Observing a refusal to acknowledge certain perspectives
I wish that you might one day see things my way
Expressing a hope for understanding from a different viewpoint
I know what you say, you say you serve the youth
Critiquing a claim to serve the youth while promoting specific genres
You serve them Bizkits and Korn with a spoon
Pointing out the commercialized nature of music choices
But I think you just serve you
Suggesting self-interest in the music industry's decisions
Where's the place at the table for folks like us
Seeking inclusion for those with different preferences
When there's no one that we can trust?
Expressing a lack of trust and acceptance for the speaker's group
Where's the place for us?
Pleading for a place for individuals like the speaker
Now don't tell me that you don't see these things all sideways
Reiterating the refusal to see things from a different perspective
I hope that you might one day see these things my way
Expressing a continued hope for understanding
That's my rant, I bet it don't make a dent
Characterizing the previous lines as a rant with potential limited impact
I waste all these little laments
Acknowledging a sense of futility in expressing grievances
And wait for accidents
Waiting for unexpected events or changes
So go on buy it all, buy it all and sell it off
Commenting on the commercialization and trade of various elements
The towers, the meters, the speakers, the knobs
List of items to be bought and sold, potentially representing the music industry
Send it back to God
Suggesting a return of these commercial elements to a higher power
Just don't tell me that you don't see these things all sideways
Reiterating the resistance to alternative viewpoints
And don't tell me that I might one day see things your way
Asserting the hope for mutual understanding in the future
We should kick your ass from here to Friday
Expressing frustration and a desire for consequences
Then maybe you might one day see these things my way
Reiterating the hope for a change in perspective
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