An epiphany I had on Sara Bareilles' King of Anything

King of Anything by Sara Bareilles

Keep drinking coffee, stare me down across the table
While I look outside
So many things I'd say if only I were able
But I just keep quiet and count the cars that pass by

You've got opinions, man
We're all entitled to 'em
But I never asked

So let me thank you for your time
And try not to waste any more of mine
Get out of here fast

I hate to break it to you babe
But I'm not drowning
There's no one here to save

Who cares if you disagree? You are not me
Who made you king of anything?
So, you dare tell me who to be
Who died and made you king of anything?

You sound so innocent
All full of good intent
Swear you know best

But you expect me to
Jump up onboard with you
Ride off into your delusional sunset

I'm not the one who's lost
With no direction, oh
But you'll never see

You're so busy making masks
With my name on it in all caps
You've got the talking down
Just not the listening

Who cares if you disagree? You are not me
Who made you king of anything?
So you dare tell me who to be
Who died and made you king of anything?

All my life I've tried
To make everybody happy while I just hurt and hide
Waiting for someone to tell me it's my turn
To decide

Who cares if you disagree? You are not me
Who made you king of anything?
So you dare tell me who to be
Who died and made you king of anything?

Who cares if you disagree? You are not me
Who made you king of anything?
So you dare tell me who to be
Who died and made you king of anything?

Let me hold your crown, babe

I like this song a lot but the more i sing, the more i find that something's wrong with the lyrics. And then one day, eureka! I found what's wrong with it. The whole song is about how she wants to tell off this person who constantly tells her what to do with her life. It says here in the lyrics she doesn't want this other persona's opinions and thoughts. She wishes that this other person could just keep his thoughts to himself. She wants to be free and not be told what to do. She is capable of living on her own, and she doesn't need to be rescued. BUT at the verse where i've underlined, it says, waiting for someone to tell me it's my turn to decide. WHAT??!! Throughout the whole song, she tells us how she feels about always being controlled by this other rather dominant character, and now she wants someone else to come along TO TELL HER that it's her turn to decide?! Woman, you are contradicting towards your own statement! If you know how it feels to always be told what to do, then woman, then why are you waiting for another person to tell you what should be done? You're back to square one where you're still controlled by someone! It ruins the whole purpose of this song! So dare you tell me who to be, yes, no one has the rights to tell you who to be, so please, don't wait for other people to tell you when to decide. You owe your life to no one to please but yourself. It's time you stop letting people tell you what to do, if you want to do something and it feels right to you, just do it. Go with your gut, or in the owl language, gizzard! ;)

Inez.

 

The Power Of Words

When I was younger, I would always lose quarreling with my sister. She's the one with the good vocab and strong disputes. She's 2 years elder, what do you expect.. And when i get too angry and can't fight her points, i'd hit her. Of course, she'd report it to my mom and i'd get lectured, sometimes even punished. My parents have this rule, we can never hurt each other physically. What they didn't think of was, words that could hurt us mentally. They don't know the power of words. They don't know how deep a person can get hurt with words. The power of words are actually much stronger than physical contact. A person can get hurt by another person even if it means they're on different sides of the Earth. When you're physically hurt, you feel the pain on your skin, on your wounds, but the pain goes away as time passes by but when you're hurt by words, you feel pain everywhere, the kind of pain that you can't lick on it to make it feel better, the wound stays in a place so deep that you can't reach but it'll always hurt to remind you of its existance and the only solution to that is your mind. You are the only solution to make yourself feel better. But no matter how strong you are, it'll still be there. It's like an ugly scar which'll still hurt. Words have a greater power than all of us. Parents, educate your children and make sure they never abuse that.

Inez.

Let's Not Overthink It Shall We ?

Today, one of my classmates said something that bugged me -I'm sorry but i'm not a gentleman so don't expect me to help you. Well, not of that exact context but that's what he meant. Before this, he wrote on his status that he thinks the world's unfair. He wonders about the existenece of a gentlegirl instead of a gentleman. He thinks that it's unfair that boys are always the ones who tolerate and give in to girls. Well, i'm not gonna be the judge of this but if we were to lay every single unfairness between boys and girls, i think we're even. It's not easy being a boy, neither it is easy being a girl. Well it's not easy being anything !

My point is, why do we need to differentiate and label ourselves? Whether you are a gentleman or not, it's up to you to decide. What other people want to think is out of our control. Instead of complaining or trying to be the perfect gentleman, why can't we just let things be simple and help each other as friends? Why do we have to label ourselves in a way that'll make everything so complicated?

I guess that's jsut the norm of us human minds. We tend to overthink every single detail and confuse everyone including ourselves. We just can't be simple.

Inez.