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Try to tell me how to do it
Only because I'm new to it
Coolness is having courage
Courage to do what is right
I'll try to remember always just to have a good time
Try to show me that you know me
Do you know what coolness really is?
Winning is what you want to
Winning what you're scared to go for
You try to remember always to have a good time
Try and have a softer inside
Shut up, boy, and be a soldier
Coolness is having courage
Courage to do what's right
And try to remember always just to have a good time
Winning is what you want to
Winning what you're scared to go for
And try to remember always to have a good time
Try to tell me how to do it
Only because I'm new to it
Coolness is having courage
Courage to do what is right
I'll try to remember always just to have a good time
Try to show me that you know me
Do you know what coolness really is?
Winning is what you want to
Winning what you're scared to go for
You try to remember always to have a good time
Try and have a softer inside
Shut up, boy, and be a soldier
Coolness is having courage
Courage to do what's right
And try to remember always just to have a good time
Winning is what you want to
Winning what you're scared to go for
And try to remember always to have a good time
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totally charlie sheen's anthem.
"Goodness is having courage, courage to do what's right.
I'll try to remember always, just to have a good time."
That seems to make more sense and lend some substantial meaning to the line about having a good time, but you could be right, it does sort of sound like "coolness," and if he's talked about coolness in interviews then that pretty much rules out my interpretation.
Incidentally, I think there's a bit of irony in this song regarding "shut up boy and be a soldier." When you act gently, people will think you're weak and treat you badly and try to tell you how to do it "right". They are conditioned and projecting. Gentleness is a strength that takes far more courage to employ (and continue employing) than yelling and shooting.
Actually, this is only an interpretation of something a little more general: his shyness about something new or different, and how he tries to control his emotions in order to be able to face it.
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life. the concept of this entire album is "how to live your life and stay true to yourself." we're all new to it. everyone lives it differently and we need to embrace our individuality, taking what we like from mass culture, and, alternatively, from our own mind and perceptions which influence our life decisions - "whats good for me/ain't for you." Furthermore, he maturely urges us throughout the album to refrain from judging those who do not "fit" into our living mode because "coolness" is not fitting in, contrarily it is possessing the courage to find what best fits for you; what's "right" for you.
I definitely agree with some of these posts, Panda encouraging others and himself and me to not put up a front, "coolness is having courage, courage to do what's right". A couple months ago this album was sort of like my bible or I Ching. To me it sounds like he writes them kind of like as something he is saying to himself because it is so important to remember, and his message gets out to others to be comfortable and to be in themselves, well cuz life is what you make it.
"I'll try to remember always, just to have a good time"
Life is too short, ridiculous, and unasked for to not just take advantage of the happening situation of being alive. There is not much point in being hung up, especially on something like 'being cool', having a front, putting up an appearance for others, not for your self. That's why it takes courage to do 'what's right' . . . it reminds me of another lyric off this album "Take a risk just for your self and wade into the deep end of the ocean" ..
Panda rules! Animal Collective all ze vay!