Dropout
Breaking Chains: The Dropout's Anthem by Urge Overkill
Lyrics
What's the matter with you?
Expressing concern about the person's emotional state or behavior.
You've been down all day
Noticing a prolonged period of feeling down or depressed.
What happened to you
Inquiring about the cause or reason for the person's emotional state.
To make you feel that way?
Asking about the event or circumstance that led to the negative feelings.
Baby ain't that a shame when they call you those names
Expressing sympathy for the derogatory names the person is being called.
Dropping out from school
Referring to the act of leaving school prematurely.
Guess it wasn't so cool
Suggesting that dropping out of school wasn't as glamorous as expected.
Everyone, everyone needs, some space to breathe
Highlighting the universal need for personal space and freedom.
All the time we have been blind, so blind
Reflecting on a past period of ignorance or unawareness.
Yeah we just couldn't see it,
Acknowledging a lack of realization or understanding in the past.
Yeah you're too old to cry
Indicating that crying is inappropriate or ineffective at a certain age.
Too young to die
Expressing the paradox of being too young to die but too old to cry.
What happens in the in between?
Pondering the events or experiences that occur in the transitional phases of life.
Don't you think its strange, things just change
Observing the strangeness and unpredictability of life's changes.
Its just a burnt out town a burnt out scene
Describing a town and scene that have lost their vitality and energy.
You've been a dropout ever since you've been seventeen
Stating that the person has been a dropout since the age of seventeen.
Lonely child, when will you see?
Addressing a lonely individual and urging them to recognize the need for freedom.
You need to be free
Emphasizing the importance of personal freedom for the lonely child.
Often times people they find
Pointing out that people often realize things about themselves.
They're not blind
Asserting that individuals are not oblivious to their circumstances.
Yeah, they just don't see
Commenting on the lack of awareness or understanding in some people.
Lonely child listen to me
Advising the lonely child to listen and understand the message being conveyed.
It's just a burnt out town
Reiterating the description of a town and scene that have lost their vibrancy.
It's just a one horse scene
Highlighting the desolation of the town as a single, unexciting place.
Gotta get away, gotta get away, you got to
Emphasizing the urgency of escaping from the current situation.
Hanging out in the parking lot at Dairy Queen
Describing a location, possibly with a nostalgic or rebellious undertone.
You've been a dropout ever since you've been seventeen
Reiterating that the person has been a dropout since the age of seventeen.
Gotta get away, gotta get away, you got to...
Repeating the urgency of getting away from the current circumstances.
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