Tone Burst

Empower Your Essence: Unveiling Self-Discovery in Stereolab's 'Tone Burst'
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Lyrics

What you decide to be is what you are

Emphasizes the importance of personal choice in defining oneself.

Your only way ahead your way to go far

Suggests that forging one's own path is essential for progress.

Your reasons that you do who you really are

Refers to the motivations that truly define an individual.

The decisions in your head it will be far

Indicates that decisions made in the mind will have far-reaching consequences.


Prejudice does no service to you

Warns against the negative impact of prejudice on personal growth.

Break your shackles it's up to you

Encourages breaking free from limitations and taking control of one's destiny.

Be your own master owe it to you

Advocates for self-mastery and taking responsibility for one's life.

Self-doubt inner you, I believe

Acknowledges the existence of self-doubt but expresses belief in inner strength.

It's hard in this cruel world to be who you are

Highlights the difficulty of being authentic in a challenging world.

It might mean hardship it might take a while

Suggests that authenticity may come with hardships and require patience.

Struggle, conflict, causes they all have their power

Recognizes the power of struggle, conflict, and causes in shaping identity.


Don't let anyone hurt your heart

Advises against allowing others to harm one's emotional well-being.

Your desire...broken truths blew

Refers to shattered truths and desires, possibly cautioning against deception.

But you don't see what we will use upon you

Suggests obliviousness to potential harm that may be directed towards the individual.

Refuse to blink when that thing wants you to

Encourages resistance to external pressures and staying true to oneself.


You can't take your life hypnotized

Warns against living life in a hypnotized or passive state.

Don't let anyone hurt your heart

Reiterates the importance of protecting one's emotional well-being.

You have an evil side of you

Acknowledges the existence of a darker or negative aspect within the individual.

We can live apart in the end

Suggests the possibility of coexistence despite differences.

What I decide to be is what I am

Personal declaration of self-determination and identity.

What you invest with it is in my command

Asserts control over what influences the speaker's life.

My reasons that you do won't ?deal? with romance

Indicates that the speaker's motivations may not align with romantic ideals.


I wanna stress myself to be who I am

Expresses the desire to challenge oneself to remain true to one's identity.

?Toss 'em off? is the best I can do

Suggests discarding external influences to the best of one's ability.

Why kill a man to achieve other things?

Raises a moral question about the cost of achieving goals at the expense of others.

To explain, very cruel

Characterizes the world as inherently harsh and challenging to explain.


Self-doubt inner you, I still bleed

Despite self-doubt, the speaker acknowledges their resilience and enduring strength.

I don't let anyone hurt my heart

Reiterates the importance of safeguarding one's emotional well-being.

Don't want to be taken apart

Expresses a desire to maintain personal integrity and avoid being dismantled.

I have innocence in the end

Claims innocence as a quality that endures through challenges.

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