Security Check
Journey Through Insecurity: A Melodic Reflection
Lyrics
Cried in the cab through security check
Crying during the security check in a taxi
Put your toothpaste and my shoes in a separate box
Separating personal items like toothpaste and shoes for screening
Little do they know about the monkeys in my head
Reference to inner struggles represented by monkeys in the head
I cried at the gate, I bowed to the crowd
Tears at the gate, acknowledging the crowd with a bow
Feeling your hands as they pat me down and
Feeling exposed during a physical pat-down by security
There is nothing safe, safe about me now
Expressing a lack of personal safety or security
It's too soon
Feeling it's too early to cry or express vulnerability
It's too soon
-It's too soon to cry
-No one jumps with their hands behind their backs
Commentary on conforming to societal norms
It's too soon
Reiterating it's premature to leave or seek freedom
It's too soon
-It's too soon to leave
-I don't want, I don't wanna be free
Expressing a desire not to be free
Cried in the plane, fastened to my seat
Crying on the plane while strapped in
Falling as we rise thirty-seven-thousand feet
Falling metaphorically as the plane rises to 37,000 feet
Said you wanted, that was lost in transition
Communication breakdown in a relationship
There's no emergency plan for this kind of crash
No preparedness for the emotional crash in contrast to a plane crash
Just because I feel it doesn't mean that it's not there
Recognition that feelings are valid even if not visible
It's too soon
Repetition of the theme that it's too early to cry
It's too soon
-It's too soon to cry
-No one jumps with their hands behind their backs
Reiteration of societal expectations and conformity
In a second from heaven to pills
Transition from a heavenly state to dealing with pills
Nothing, nothing, nothing sticks
Nothing lasting or sticking in the contemporary, fast-paced world
Twenty-first century sick
Commentary on the challenges of the 21st century
Am I doomed, mom?
Expressing uncertainty and seeking reassurance from a mother figure
I can be in the room but I can't ride, mom
-It's not over yet, not over yet
-To leave your lights on
Not ready to give up, symbolized by leaving lights on
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