This is basically existentialism in a pop song. "You do it to yourself, just you, you and noone else". We're all completely alone and as a result are entirely responsible for our own actions.
Well, that's what Sartre would say, but he's not here. I don't really agree with us all being entirely responsible for our own actions, so I choose to look at this song as saying "get off your arse and do something if you're not happy, it's not that hard to change things for yourself". As I've said, that's not what I think it was written about but I differ from the writer greatly (i assume it was cheifly Thom) in my beliefs on the matter.
@nomishood How is it "not hard that to change things for yourself"? It's extremely hard to change, otherwise everyone would be doing it. People UNDERestimate how hard it is to change.
@nomishood How is it "not hard that to change things for yourself"? It's extremely hard to change, otherwise everyone would be doing it. People UNDERestimate how hard it is to change.
@nomishood - first, you have good taste in music. word up.
Now... @MrZed is 100% spot on disagreeing with you wholeheartedly. I'm so very happy for you that throughout you're entire life, you've never found yourself in a situation (no matter how you got there) where it was clear you needed to change something -stat- and if you don't, it's clear your future paths start looking bleaker and bleaker every day.
You KNOW something needs CHANGE. But there's no instruction manual for humans. No brain troubleshooting.
@nomishood - first, you have good taste in music. word up.
Now... @MrZed is 100% spot on disagreeing with you wholeheartedly. I'm so very happy for you that throughout you're entire life, you've never found yourself in a situation (no matter how you got there) where it was clear you needed to change something -stat- and if you don't, it's clear your future paths start looking bleaker and bleaker every day.
You KNOW something needs CHANGE. But there's no instruction manual for humans. No brain troubleshooting.
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IT IS EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO JUST 'CHANGE THINGS FOR YOURSELF'.
It's like having your leg shattered in a dozen places, and the -only- way it will heal/improve is for you to jump up and down on it, non-stop 24/7.
The 'solution(s)' to life's big and small problems come at you from many directions - many opinions, often giving completely different and often conflicting thoughts/advice. ..An abundance of 'solutions' our there - considering even our top doctors haven't unlocked our holy grail of experiencing regular happiness.. (not the warm gun variety).
...yet, YOU JUST CAN'T MAKE SENSE OF HOW TO DO IT.
and then 10 years have got behind you.
No one told you when to run
You missed the starting gun
I've been stuck for over a decade now. ..finished college. ..held a couple of good jobs. happy relationships. frinds. etc. That feels like a lifetime ago now. Occasionally, I feel like 'my luck could change' - yet I'm still here. ugh.
*This is your completely free piece of mental health knowledge and hopefully with it - some understanding. A lot of us are finding it more and more difficult to successfully traverse this journey we're all on we call 'life'.
@nomishood I mean....I wrote that 19 years ago ha ha ha but tbh if I read it back it sounds like I'm actually agreeing with you...me from 19 years ago is saying I take the meaning of the song to be "do something if you're not happy, it's not that hard to change things for yourself" but I didn't think things were that simple so I didn't agree with the writer.
@nomishood I mean....I wrote that 19 years ago ha ha ha but tbh if I read it back it sounds like I'm actually agreeing with you...me from 19 years ago is saying I take the meaning of the song to be "do something if you're not happy, it's not that hard to change things for yourself" but I didn't think things were that simple so I didn't agree with the writer.
So to recap, me from 19 years ago is saying what I think the meaning of the song is and, I can't stress this enough, me from 19 years ago is NOT saying that everyone should just solve all their problems because they're not that hard to solve.
That said, I want to die of cringe reading my comment from 19 years ago :D I mentioned Sartre.
This is basically existentialism in a pop song. "You do it to yourself, just you, you and noone else". We're all completely alone and as a result are entirely responsible for our own actions.
Well, that's what Sartre would say, but he's not here. I don't really agree with us all being entirely responsible for our own actions, so I choose to look at this song as saying "get off your arse and do something if you're not happy, it's not that hard to change things for yourself". As I've said, that's not what I think it was written about but I differ from the writer greatly (i assume it was cheifly Thom) in my beliefs on the matter.
@nomishood How is it "not hard that to change things for yourself"? It's extremely hard to change, otherwise everyone would be doing it. People UNDERestimate how hard it is to change.
@nomishood How is it "not hard that to change things for yourself"? It's extremely hard to change, otherwise everyone would be doing it. People UNDERestimate how hard it is to change.
@nomishood - first, you have good taste in music. word up.
Now... @MrZed is 100% spot on disagreeing with you wholeheartedly. I'm so very happy for you that throughout you're entire life, you've never found yourself in a situation (no matter how you got there) where it was clear you needed to change something -stat- and if you don't, it's clear your future paths start looking bleaker and bleaker every day.
You KNOW something needs CHANGE. But there's no instruction manual for humans. No brain troubleshooting.
@nomishood - first, you have good taste in music. word up.
Now... @MrZed is 100% spot on disagreeing with you wholeheartedly. I'm so very happy for you that throughout you're entire life, you've never found yourself in a situation (no matter how you got there) where it was clear you needed to change something -stat- and if you don't, it's clear your future paths start looking bleaker and bleaker every day.
You KNOW something needs CHANGE. But there's no instruction manual for humans. No brain troubleshooting.
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It's like having your leg shattered in a dozen places, and the -only- way it will heal/improve is for you to jump up and down on it, non-stop 24/7. The 'solution(s)' to life's big and small problems come at you from many directions - many opinions, often giving completely different and often conflicting thoughts/advice. ..An abundance of 'solutions' our there - considering even our top doctors haven't unlocked our holy grail of experiencing regular happiness.. (not the warm gun variety).
...yet, YOU JUST CAN'T MAKE SENSE OF HOW TO DO IT.
and then 10 years have got behind you.
No one told you when to run You missed the starting gun
I've been stuck for over a decade now. ..finished college. ..held a couple of good jobs. happy relationships. frinds. etc. That feels like a lifetime ago now. Occasionally, I feel like 'my luck could change' - yet I'm still here. ugh.
*This is your completely free piece of mental health knowledge and hopefully with it - some understanding. A lot of us are finding it more and more difficult to successfully traverse this journey we're all on we call 'life'.
@nomishood I mean....I wrote that 19 years ago ha ha ha but tbh if I read it back it sounds like I'm actually agreeing with you...me from 19 years ago is saying I take the meaning of the song to be "do something if you're not happy, it's not that hard to change things for yourself" but I didn't think things were that simple so I didn't agree with the writer.
@nomishood I mean....I wrote that 19 years ago ha ha ha but tbh if I read it back it sounds like I'm actually agreeing with you...me from 19 years ago is saying I take the meaning of the song to be "do something if you're not happy, it's not that hard to change things for yourself" but I didn't think things were that simple so I didn't agree with the writer.
So to recap, me from 19 years ago is saying what I think the meaning of the song is and, I can't stress this enough, me from 19 years ago is NOT saying that everyone should just solve all their problems because they're not that hard to solve.
That said, I want to die of cringe reading my comment from 19 years ago :D I mentioned Sartre.