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Katie was a little girl
Who said I'll find a way
Katie was a little girl
Who said it'll be okay
Til one day she found
A little bit of something
She used to drown
She said I'm alive and I am free
Can't you see I have control over me
When will you draw the line
Turn a blind eye to all the faces that you know
She said go
Katie was a little girl
Who never found a way
Katie was a little girl
Who never was okay
Cause one she found
A little bit of something
She used to drown
She said I'm alive and I am free
Can't you see I have control over me
When will you draw the line
Turn a blind eye to all the faces that you know
She said go
She said I'm alive and I am free
Can't you see I have control over me
But will you draw the line
Yeah
Turn a blind eye to all the faces that you know
And she said go, and she said go, and she said go
Who said I'll find a way
Katie was a little girl
Who said it'll be okay
Til one day she found
A little bit of something
She used to drown
She said I'm alive and I am free
Can't you see I have control over me
When will you draw the line
Turn a blind eye to all the faces that you know
She said go
Katie was a little girl
Who never found a way
Katie was a little girl
Who never was okay
Cause one she found
A little bit of something
She used to drown
She said I'm alive and I am free
Can't you see I have control over me
When will you draw the line
Turn a blind eye to all the faces that you know
She said go
She said I'm alive and I am free
Can't you see I have control over me
But will you draw the line
Yeah
Turn a blind eye to all the faces that you know
And she said go, and she said go, and she said go
Lyrics submitted by AgathaKavka
Track duration: 03:35
"Katie" as written by Missy Higgins
Lyrics © CHRYSALIS MUSIC GROUP
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I do also think there’s a possibility that Katie is the girl from ‘the river’ witch could be the part about ‘drowning’ though, I also saw it originally that Katie kills herself.
Either way, it’s a fantastic song, and so well written.
Until one day she found a little bit of something she used to drown. This is something she used to drown her self form everything.... drugs.
After that she wasn't okay. You see nobody does drugs thinking they'll become addicted. Most addicts believe they can stop whenever they want, that they are just living life to it's fullest (especially those who use weed). They are "alive" and "free". But you see you aren't. Because once you let those substances in your body, they do being to control you.
The line:
Turn a blind eye to all the faces that you know?
reminds me of my parents asking me how i could be so selfish, ruining their public image.
Then when she couldn't find a way, it makes me think of feeling like her life was ending because she discovers she's gay.
and when she talks about finding something shes drowned, well, anyone who's ever buried something 'shameful' about themselves will understand that
Till one day she found a little bit of something she used to drown.
the line: 'She said "I'm alive and I am free, but you see I have control over me."'
she found this substance that help her get away the pain and it makes her feel alive and it make her feel as if she has control of something because she is getting abused.
'will you draw the line'
when will she say enough is enough, it shows that the singer has a strong relationship with this person weather it be a friend or even a sister and cares very deeply for this person and she trying to help and she doesn't understand how she could get to the point of throwing her life away by abusing alcohol and drugs. when will she really take a hold of her life and listen to the ones around her.
"Katie was a little girl who said "I'll find a way".
Katie was a little girl who said "it'll be ok".
Till one day she found a little bit of something she used to drown.
She said "I'm alive and I am free, but you see I have control over me."
so maybe she's referring to the fact that possibly someone confronted "katie" about her behavior. she's telling them that she could stop whenever she could and that she has control over it and not the other way around.
but then you get the lyrics
"Katie was a little girl who never found the way.
Katie was a little girl who never was ok.
Cause one day she found a little bit of something she used to drown.
She said "I'm alive and I am free, but you see I have control over me."
and i think that possibly the behavior whatever it may be (cutting, anorexia, bulemia, etc.) actually took over her and ended up taking her life.
or it could be about having some mental illness like bipolar disorder or depression. and when someone told her about getting help, she said she was fine and that she could control it. but in the end she ended letting the "illness" get the best of her and she couldn't take it anymore and she committed suicide.
and the lyrics
"But will you draw the line?
Turn a blind eye to all the faces that you know?
And she said, "go".
maybe she's saying that "Katie" isolated herslef from her loved ones and that ended up being the demise of er. she pushed them away even when they were trying to help.
that's what i thought anyways