Take A Look At You
Stripes vs. Spots: A Giraffe's Tale of Superiority
Lyrics
Take a look at you!
Encouraging someone to examine themselves.
Don’t you know you look a fright?
Criticism about the person's appearance, suggesting they look unattractive.
To say that you are colourless
Dismissing a polite description of the person as colorless, implying they lack vibrancy.
Is far too polite
Claiming that even the term "colorless" is too kind; a harsher criticism.
When I stop to think about it,
Reflecting on the correctness of one's judgment about the person's appearance.
All my herd are right.
Agreeing with a group (herd) that the person's stripes are undesirable.
Stripes are a sorry sight.
Expressing disdain for the sight of stripes.
Take a look at you
Repeating the call to self-examination, emphasizing the negative attributes.
And your ugly spotty crew!
Referring to the person's associates as an "ugly spotty crew," further derogatory comments.
Just run back home to Mummy,
Advising the person to return home to their mother, implying incompetence.
’Cos that’s all you can do!
Asserting that the person's only capability is going back to their mother.
You’re afraid to be alone,
Accusing the person of fearing solitude and being more cowardly than a giraffe.
More chicken than giraffe.
Making fun of the person, finding their fear amusing.
You just make me laugh!
Expressing a wish that the speaker never encountered the person.
I just wish our paths had never crossed.
Encouraging the person to leave with strong words.
Go home! Goodbye! Get lost!
Ending the interaction and urging the person to depart.
Pointless talking to a zebra.
Dismissing communication with a zebra as pointless.
Well, I might have guessed,
Expressing a lack of surprise at the perceived inferiority of zebras.
’Cos zebras are just second-rate,
Declaring giraffes as superior to zebras.
Giraffes are the best.
Emphasizing the belief that stripes are foolish.
Stripes are really stupid,
Asserting that spots are preferable.
Any idiot knows that.
Stating that anyone can recognize the stupidity of stripes.
Spots are where it’s at!
Declaring spots as the preferred pattern.
I won’t listen to your nonsense,
Refusing to engage with the person's nonsense.
Not another word.
Declaring an end to the conversation, refusing further discussion.
You’ll never be as beautiful
Claiming superiority in beauty over the person and their associates.
As me and my herd
Asserting that the person's spottiness is disorienting and expressing dislike for their height.
You’re so spotty, makes me dizzy
Insisting that the person should conform to a black and white color scheme.
And I hate your height.
Reiterating the desire that the speaker and the person had never met.
You should be black and white!
Repeating the call for the person to leave with strong words.
I just wish our paths had never crossed.
Closing the conversation with a firm goodbye.
Go home! Goodbye! Get lost!
Final insistence for the person to depart, emphasizing the strong sentiment of rejection.
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