Author Topic: I Don't Want to Be  (Read 84 times)

niamhspark

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I Don't Want to Be
« on: November 17, 2006, 01:43:22 PM »
I Don't Want to Be - by Gavin DeGraw

I don't need to be anything other than a prison guard's son
I don't need to be anything other than a specialist's son
I don't have to be anyone other than a birth of two souls in one
Part of where I'm going is knowing where I'm coming from

I don't want to be anything other than what I've been trying to be lately
All I have to do is think of me and have peace of mind
I'm tired of looking 'round rooms wondering what I gotta do
Or who I'm supposed to be
I don't want to be anything other than me

I'm surrounded by liars everywhere I turn
I'm surrounded by imposters everywhere I turn
I'm surrounded by a identity crisis everywhere I turn
Am I the only one to notice?
I can't be the only one who's learned

I don't want to be anything other than what I've been trying to be lately
All I have to do is think of me and have peace of mind
I'm tired of looking 'round rooms wondering what I gotta do
Or who I'm supposed to be
I don't want to be anything other than me

Can I have everyone's attention please
if you're not like this and that
You're gonna have to leave
I came from the mountain, the crust of creation
My whole situation made from clay, dust, stone
And now I'm telling everybody

I don't want to be anything other than what I've been trying to be lately
All I have to do is think of me and have peace of mind
I'm tired of looking 'round rooms wondering what I gotta to do
Or who I'm supposed to be
I don't want to be anything other than me
I don't want to be
I don't want to be
I don't want to be
I don't want to be anything other than me
I don't want to be
I don't want to be
I don't want to be
« Last Edit: November 17, 2006, 04:15:17 PM by niamhspark »

niamhspark

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Re: I Don't Want to Be
« Reply #1 on: November 17, 2006, 02:56:15 PM »

Jahn

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Re: I Don't Want to Be
« Reply #2 on: November 18, 2006, 02:47:46 AM »

Hey that was one of my favorite hits. Didn't know the lyrics though.

It is much the early -70's style in the basic riffs, a typical rock style that I am so fond of.

niamhspark

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Re: I Don't Want to Be
« Reply #3 on: November 18, 2006, 03:19:23 AM »
Hey that was one of my favorite hits. Didn't know the lyrics though.

It is much the early -70's style in the basic riffs, a typical rock style that I am so fond of.

Yep. Its true about Gavin too, that his dad is a prison guard, and mom is a specialist. I've always liked the song, but it resonated with me more strongly last night. Esp since over the last month and a half, dealing with the whole issue of liars, imposters, and why it frustrates me. Even the video of it, shows the frustration of it. The girl in the video begins to 'wake up' in a way, whilst sitting on the couch, then looking at everyone, writing "imposter" on the one girl's head. In a way, it's like she's confronting the CR and people trapped in it. The difference too, between the dark room she's in, with all the manequin looking people, and the one Gavin's in singing, where everyone's being 'themselves' and dancing and alive - because they're not concerned with the roles, or appearances - yep - I heard it at a good time last night as mars was moving on out of the twelfth and conjuncting my ascendant. Then when I got home, played it on youtube for awhile, let it sink in :)

 

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