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Ugly Casanova says
"Somebody else knows I can
Then go from who I am"
And goes for a walk away from me
Ugly Casanova says
"Somebody else knows I can"
Ugly Casanova says
"Raise, raise, raise, raise, raise it over
My disability
Then go for who I am!"
Goes, "Now, now, now, now try again
But I'll be just who I please!"
"Say you're sorry!"
Oh, I am, I am
"Say the alphabet!"
A, B, C, I can't
"Say you're sorry!"
Oh, I am, I am
"Say the alphabet!"
A, B, C, I can't
Ugly Casanova says
"Somebody else knows I can
Then go from who I am"
Goes for a walk away from here
"Somebody else knows I can
Then go from who I am"
And goes for a walk away from me
Ugly Casanova says
"Somebody else knows I can"
Ugly Casanova says
"Raise, raise, raise, raise, raise it over
My disability
Then go for who I am!"
Goes, "Now, now, now, now try again
But I'll be just who I please!"
"Say you're sorry!"
Oh, I am, I am
"Say the alphabet!"
A, B, C, I can't
"Say you're sorry!"
Oh, I am, I am
"Say the alphabet!"
A, B, C, I can't
Ugly Casanova says
"Somebody else knows I can
Then go from who I am"
Goes for a walk away from here
Lyrics submitted by PLANES
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The realization that you are like this when your intentions seemed purer is destructive and confusing; it's a good place to come clean, but it's hard to wash off the muck you can't find.
I have to go ahead and say this is just one way to look at it, and that I'm being reflexive of myself here. These lyrics are very abstract but, basing it off of my experience, seem to be written on an impulse of some self-defeating revelation about himself.
"Somebody else knows I can
Then go from who I am"
And goes for a walk away from me
This is what I was talking about earlier. Ugly Cassanova is telling Isaac that because all these teachers and whatnot are telling him he can "do it" and be smart, he should try. But in doing so, he's fooling himself. He's being someone he's not, essentally going for a walk away from himself in the shoes of Ugly Cassanova.
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Ugly Cassanova says:
"Raise, raise, raise, raise, raise it over!"
My disability!
"Then go for who I am!"
Goes, "Now, now, now, now try again!"
But I'll be just who I please!
This part shows Isaac struggling with the Ugly Cassanova in his head. Everything Ugly Cassanova is saying I've put in quotes. UC is shouting at him to keep raising the bar and to try harder to be the best. The real Isaac is protesting, saying that he doesn't think he can, given all the failures he's endured, to which Cassanova replies with the same old thing: everyone keeps telling you that you're capable so try again. It's pretty harsh, really. Finally, Isaac can't take it anymore and screams in desperation that he'll be whoever he damn well pleases. I think that signifies him dropping out of school.
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"Say you're sorry!"
Oh, I am, I am....
"Say the alphabet!"
A, B, C, I can't....
After the decisive move to finally be himself, he's reminded of all the pain he's been through. This time, what is in quotes isn't Ugly Cassanova. It's what spawned the delusion, what Ugly Cassanova was born from. These are voices from Isaac's childhood. Can't you sense the oppressive authority? Someone shouting "Say you're sorry!" and a little kid cowering and apologizing. Someone demanding that he recite the alphabet and the kid only being able to get a few letters in because he just can't get the hang of it. The alphabet is a really fundamental example, but it can be applied to most anything. Higher level math, etc. What's always constant, however, is the cold voice of authority commanding him to do it and him trying because they have made him believe he can. The Ugly Cassanova.
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Ugly cassanova says:
"Somebody else knows I can
Then go from who I am"
Goes for a walk away from here
And this part is just about how Isaac banished Ugly Cassanova from his conciousness by dropping out, thereby freeing himself from the delusion. UC tries one final time to make Isaac be someone he's not, but Isaac refuses and it is Ugly Cassanova that goes for a walk this time. "Away from HERE" demonstrates that Ugly Cassanova has left Isaac.
The way school, for example, is set up is to push children to be the best. Grades are used to make kids constantly strive for perfection in all things and to shame those who cannot achieve the standard. Isaac ended up dropping out of high school. I don't claim to know why, but I think this song sheds a lot of the light on the subject.
The song is a dialog between the true Isaac and Ugly Cassanova, that part of his mind that deludes him into thinking he is brilliant and can do better than the poor grades I assume he received. Here's my line-by-line analysis of the song:
Edited by Mellow_Harsher on September 4 2007, at 08:25PM
Edgar Graham is a fucking fake.
Isaac Brock made him up to gather attention to his second Project, Ugly Casanova.
And this song: Is by Modest Mouse
not the actual ugly casanova.
You fucking morons.