Cool
Craving Coolness: A Yearning for Acceptance and Belonging in Taylor Castro's 'Cool'
Lyrics
They're so cool
Expressing admiration for others, referring to them as "cool."
cnd they're so fun
Highlighting the fun and enjoyable qualities of the admired individuals.
I sit in the backseat wishing I were one
Expressing a desire to be part of the admired group, sitting in the backseat as a metaphorical outsider.
They're so smart
Emphasizing the intelligence of the admired individuals.
cnd they're so free
Highlighting the freedom and liberating qualities of the admired individuals.
I sit in the backseat wishing it were me
Continuing the desire to be part of the admired group, wishing to experience their freedom.
Cause they're so cool
Reiterating the admiration for the cool individuals and their impact on the narrator's school life.
They're why I go to school
Stating that the cool individuals are the motivation for attending school.
They're why I go to school
-If they loved me
Expressing a longing for love from the admired group as a potential solution to having everything.
Maybe I'd have everything
Reflecting on the potential completeness and fulfillment if the admired individuals loved the narrator.
Oh, what else could I need?
Repeating the question about what else the narrator could need, emphasizing a sense of completeness.
What else could I need?
-What else could I need?
-What else could I need?
-They're so cool
Reiterating the cool and kind qualities of the admired individuals.
cnd they're so kind
Desiring to make the admired individuals part of the narrator's life.
I sit in the breezeway
Wishing to possess the admired individuals, metaphorically expressed through the breezeway.
Wishing they were mine
-They're so chill
Describing the chill and joyful qualities of the admired individuals, contrasting with the narrator's feelings.
cnd they're so glad
-I watch from the window and with I felt like that
-Cause they're so cool
Reiterating the influence of the cool individuals on the narrator's motivation for attending school.
They're why I got school
-They're why I go to school
-If they loved me
Speculating that love from the admired group might lead to having everything for the narrator.
Maybe I'd have everything
-Oh, what else would I need?
Repeating the question about what else the narrator would need, emphasizing the potential completeness with love.
What else would I need?
-What else would I need?
-What else would I need?
-I waved at them
Describing an attempt to connect with the admired individuals at a football game, questioning the visibility and worthiness of attention.
ct the football game
-From the crowd last Friday
-I don't think they could see me
-What's there to see anyway?
-They're so cool
Reflecting on the narrator's past, acknowledging a change in behavior from being cool.
I used to be like that
Recalling a time when the narrator was cool, detailing the confident and carefree attitude.
Strike a conversation and know just how to act
-Shoulders back
-cnd never give a damn
-If I could just go back then
-Why can't I go back and
Expressing a desire to return to a previous time when the narrator felt cool.
Be so cool
Expressing a wish to be cool again, emphasizing the personal role in attending school.
Why I go to school
-I'm why I go to school
-If I loved me
Reflecting on self-love as a potential path to completeness and having everything.
Maybe I'd have everything
-Oh, what else would I need
Repeating the question about what else the narrator would need, now considering self-love as a factor.
What else could I need?
-What else could I need?
-What else could I need?
-There's nothing else I'd need
Concluding that there is nothing else the narrator would need if they could achieve self-love.
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