Baby Body
Embracing Self-Transformation: Youth Group's "Baby Body
Lyrics
Liz hates her body, her baby body
Liz dislikes her physical appearance, particularly her post-pregnancy body.
She thinks that everybody's looking at
She believes that everyone is scrutinizing her altered physique.
The way her figure's changed
Liz is conscious of the changes in her figure, possibly due to pregnancy.
But she's on this bus, it always moves so
Despite her self-consciousness, Liz is on a bus that moves slowly.
Slow
Emphasizes the sluggish pace of the bus Liz is on.
Regrets her haircut, a career-ruining
Liz regrets a haircut that has negatively impacted her career.
Haircut
Highlighting the significance of the haircut in Liz's life.
She should have got t cut by her student
Suggests Liz should have let her student friend cut her hair.
Friend, he's asked her to dor weeks
The student friend has been asking to cut Liz's hair for weeks.
But she hates that public transport moves
Liz dislikes the slow pace of public transport.
So slow
Reiterates Liz's frustration with the slowness of public transportation.
You wanted everything to change but you
The desire for change, but only the name was changed, indicating limited transformation.
Could only change your name
Liz is urged to rise above her circumstances; personal growth is more significant than external influences.
You've got to rise above it now, you're
Emphasizes Liz's importance compared to the "game" or external pressures.
More important than the game
Reiteration of personal significance over external pressures.
Than the game, more important than the
Stresses Liz's importance in comparison to societal expectations.
Game
Reaffirms Liz's significance in the face of societal norms.
Gazes in awe on those stupid morons
Liz observes others who mindlessly buy magazines, possibly for home decoration.
Who buy those magazines to paper tydor
Describes those who purchase magazines to use as wallpaper for their homes.
Mirror of their homes
Reflects on the absurdity of buying magazines for home decoration.
But show wonders how many people buy
Questions the popularity of such magazines during the summer season.
Them for the summer factor
Speculation on the reasons people buy magazines during the summer.
She's making pictures, collaging pictures
Liz engages in creating collages from pictures, possibly related to the purchased magazines.
A microscoping version of the way they're
Describes Liz's detailed scrutiny of the images, possibly representing societal expectations.
Crowding in their mind
Depicts how societal pressures crowd Liz's mind.
But this bus wastes roughly on-twelfth
Highlights the significant time wasted by Liz on the slow bus.
Of her day
Quantifies the amount of Liz's day spent on the slow bus.
You wanted everything to change but you
Reiteration of the desire for change, this time in clothing.
Could only change your clothes
Emphasizes the limitation of change to clothes, not deeper aspects.
Standing in the supermarket aisle you
Places Liz in a supermarket aisle, highlighting a mundane aspect of life.
Know these fuckers never close
Expresses frustration with the constant availability of supermarket items.
They were never close, these fuckers never close
Reiteration of the perpetual nature of supermarkets never closing.
You wanted everything to change but you
Similar to previous lines, expressing the desire for change limited to a name change.
Could only change your name
Reiterates the theme of limited change, this time emphasizing the name change.
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