Just a little bit stronger
Just a little bit wiser
Just a little less needy

And maybe I'd get there...

Just a little bit pretty
Just a little more aware
Just a little bit thinner

And maybe I'd get there...

Clearly, clearly I remember
Hiking up my skirt
Asking for your time

Clearly, clearly I remember
Nervous if ever confronted
And questioning myself

Oh perhaps, perhaps if I got better
Perhaps if I challenged myself
Perhaps if I was

Just a little bit stronger
Just a little bit wiser
Just a little less needy

And maybe I'd get there...

Just a little bit pretty
Just a little more aware
Just a little bit thinner

And maybe I'd get there...

Clearly, clearly I remember
Pulling up my shirt
Staring blank ahead

Clearly, clearly I remember
Days of useless crying
Almost feeling dead

Oh perhaps, perhaps if I was smaller
Perhaps, I could control myself
Perhaps if I was

Just a little bit stronger
Just a little bit wiser
Just a little less needy

And maybe I'd get there...

Just a little bit pretty
Just a little more aware
Just a little bit thinner

And maybe I'd get there...

Just a little bit stronger
Just a little bit wiser
Just a little less needy

And maybe I'd get there...

Just a little bit pretty
Just a little more aware
Just a little bit thinner

And maybe I'd get there...

oooooaaaah oooooaaahhh
ooooaaaah oaaa'aaah

Just a little bit pretty
Just a little more aware
Just a little bit thinner

And maybe I'd get there...



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"Just a Little Bit" as written by Arvid/mena Solvang

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    General Comment:I think everyone thinks this song about them, and I guess that's because it's so easy to relate to.

    "Just a little bit stronger
    Just a little bit wiser
    Uust a little less needy
    And maybe I'd get there

    Just a little bit pretty
    Just a little more aware
    Just a little bit thinner
    And maybe I'd get there"

    What girl doesn't feel weak and stupid sometimes (stronger/wiser), or cling onto others too much (less needy), or that every other girl is prettier than them (bit pretty), more aware (feeling lost in their surroundings and not being clear in what they're doing in the daily lives, or maybe even being more aware in terms of being reflexive in different situations), skinnier (God, how often I think it)...and we think if we somehow achieve in all things, we will succeed (maybe I'd get there).

    clearly, clearly I remember
    Hiking up my skirt
    And asking for your time

    I think this about feeling insecure and not feeling like you have enough self worth for a guy to appreciate you on your own merits, so you hike up your skirt and attempt to use that kind of persuasion to get a guy's attention.

    Clearly, clearly I remember
    Nervous if ever confronted
    And questioning myself

    I think this is about that insecure nervous reaction you get when someone confronts you and all of a sudden you think whether you really are worth nothing.


    Oh perhaps, perhaps if I got better
    Perhaps if I challenged myself
    Perhaps if I was...

    I think this is like, maybe if I had just made myself better through challenging myself, maybe I'd be a better person.
    Flag Sarenaon May 04, 2010   Link
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    General Comment:This is about her feeling like she has to give a guy what he wants "pulling up my shirt"
    "hiking up my skirt" so he will stay with her.

    She wished she was just a little wiserm prettier, and all those other things so she would be secure,
    and so that she would treat herself with more respect so she wouldn't have to be slutty to keep a guy.

    Its a really good song.
    Flag beautifuldisaster14on September 29, 2009   Link
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    General Comment:lol, heathurryo i was actually thinking something along those lines but then i read everyone elses input and yes, i see the ezting disorder thing
    Flag jamnj9on June 01, 2009   Link
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    General Comment:I think it's about both the eating disorder, and love. Personally struggling with a similar problem (though not a full-blown ED), and having broken up with someone who meant the world to me, I can relate to this song.
    Maybe if I was a little thinner, a little better, a little more fill-in-the-blank, he'd want me back, y'know?
    So I can definately understand both meanings. =]
    Flag RazorbladeBabyon July 27, 2008   Link
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    General Comment:well i personally agree with heathurryo.
    when i listen to the song i think it fits well.

    i think its about feeling pressured to have sex or do sexual things. and about feeling that the only way you'll be loved is if you do it. you can tell shes feeling guilty about doing it, but she continues becuase she doesnt know what else to do.


    Just a little bit stronger
    Just a little bit wiser
    Uust a little less needy
    And maybe I'd get there

    if she was srtogner she wouldnt need to be loved by people who pressure her. if she was wiser she would do what she knows it right. if she wasn't so needy for everyone to love her.


    Just a little bit pretty
    Just a little more aware
    Just a little bit thinner
    And maybe I'd get there


    she thinks that if she was a little bit pretty and a little bit thinner then she wouldnt need to do sexual things to make guys like her. she thinks they would then like her for the way she looks and that would be enough.


    clearly, clearly I remember
    Hiking up my skirt
    And asking for your time

    hiking up her skirt... well... duh


    Clearly, clearly I remember
    ervous if ever confronted
    And questioning myself

    this is where her guilt comes in. she questions herself because she knows its wrong.. but she wants to be loved.


    Clearly, clearly I remember
    Pulling up my shirt
    And staring blank ahead

    well.. this is obvious



    Clearly, clearly I remember
    Days of useless crying
    And almost feeling dead

    when you do something like that you feel dead and useless and well, you cry a lot. you feel really empty...



    maybe. MAYBE this song is about an eating disorder. but i don't think so. i think its about feeling the need to do sexual things to get attention and to feel loved.

    and by the way this is coming from someone who knows inside feelings about BOTH things (eating disorder side and the sexual side)

    Flag more_to_mee37on June 29, 2008   Link
  • 0
    General Comment:i honestly think this song is about being insecure, and wanting to be perfect for that guy who can't love you for who you are.
    just because it says "just a little bit thinner" doesnt mean she is talking about an eating disorder.
    Flag tiddlywinks812on April 06, 2008   Link
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    General Comment:i honestly think this song is about being insecure, and wanting to be perfect for that guy who can't love you for who you are.
    just because it says "just a little bit thinner" doesnt mean she is talking about an eating disorder.
    Flag tiddlywinks812on April 06, 2008   Link
  • 0
    General Comment:lmao.
    sorry heathurryo, its not.
    it is about her eating disorder.
    Flag myheartbaiton September 30, 2007   Link
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    General Comment:An eating disorder?

    Love?
    wtf. your all wrong.
    "clearly, clearly I remember
    Hiking up my skirt
    And asking for your time"

    ITS CLEARLY ABOUT HER BEING A PROSTITUE!!!!
    AND SHE WANTS TO CHANGEE WHO SHE IS!
    Flag Heathurryoon April 19, 2007   Link
  • 0
    General Comment:its is indeed about an eating disorder. i know for a fact that maria mena was diagnosed with anorexia nervosa
    Flag shesnotasecreton August 17, 2006   Link

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