Bringing Me Back Down
Rising Above: Battling Others' Pull
Lyrics
Is it really, really
Questioning the necessity of something
Really necessary to be
Continuing the questioning of necessity
So contrary
Expressing confusion or disagreement
While you sneer through your eyes
Describing someone looking at the speaker with disdain
You think it's easy, easy
Challenging the perception that being the speaker is easy
Easy to be me well you see
Asserting difficulty in understanding oneself
I don't know what I'm doing half the time
Admitting uncertainty or confusion about one's actions
Everybody's bringing me back down
Feeling weighed down or demoralized by others
Everybody's bringing me back down
Repetition of the feeling of being brought down by others
Their grip is ripping me
Others' influence negatively impacting the speaker
They'll take another piece
Expectation of losing a part of oneself due to external pressure
Everybody's bringing me back down
Reiteration of the theme of being brought down
It seems that every, every
Highlighting a recurring pattern in the speaker's life
Every time I open up my
Anticipating negative thoughts when opening up
Mind I know what it's going to say to me
Expecting negativity from one's own thoughts
You can't keep leaving, leaving
Commenting on the recurring pattern of leaving
Leaving every time you hear time
Suggesting conditional love based on change
Say they love you but only if you'd change
Highlighting conditional love and the need for change
Everybody's bringing me back down
Reiteration of feeling brought down by others
Everybody's bringing me back down
Emphasizing the impact of others on the speaker
Their grip is ripping me
Continuation of the negative influence theme
They'll take another piece
Continued expectation of losing part of oneself
Everybody's bringing me back down
Repetition of the feeling of being brought down
Hey (Uh oh, well you know, well you know)
Indifference to others' opinions
See if I really care
Reiteration of the speaker's indifference to others' opinions
Hey (Uh oh, well you know, well you know)
-See if I really care
-Hey (Uh oh, well you know, well you know)
-See if I really care
-Hey (Uh oh, well you know, well you know)
-See if I really care
-I don't care anymore
Expressing a lack of concern or emotional investment
It's time I try to stop listening to every word
Decision to stop listening to external judgments
I don't care anymore
Reiteration of the speaker's emotional detachment
Cause I can find my self-worth without your voice
Asserting self-worth independent of others' opinions
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