EVER GREER- I WANT SOMETHING
she's sittin in a bathroom stall
with a marker in her hand
scribbling down the words to her favorite song
by her favorite bandand she hopes someone will read them
and maybe they'll understand
how it feels to care so much it hurts
to fight so hard you shake
to love so intensely that it scares you
to build so much that something breaks
she knows that she's not the only one
but sometimes it sure feels that way
in a little college town in Ohio
so there's a song that she sings everyday
I want something
that's better than this.
and i'm not sure exactly what it is
but i think that we could build it
if we try togetherAnd if we all sing...
And 500 miles away, down I-70there's a boy sitting in a room
full of patches and PCP
and the kids all drink the same beer
and they talk about anarchy
and he wonders if he's the only one
who remembers what that used to mean?
and the punk-rock band plays on
long into the night
these days the girls with the empty eyes
hardly even put up a fight
and he watches as his friends give up
and slowly start to die
sticking needles in their arms
because punk-rock boys never cry,
and he sings:I want something
that's better than this.
and i'm not sure exactly what it is
but i think that we could build it
if we try together
And if we all sing...and that very same night
kids all across the earth
felt lonely and confused
frightened and unsureand we're trying to find one another
through a system that keeps us apart
to match the weapons that we hold in our fists
with the passion that we carry in our hearts
and we know it's gonna take a long time
and we know that we'll fuck up along the way
but i've got a feeling that we're winning
as i hear more and more and more of us say:
I want somethingthat's better than this.
and i'm not sure exactly what it is
but i think that we could build it
if we try together And if we all sing...
This song is about society and it's lack of care for our generation of kids. The singer and song writer, Ever Greer, sings about kids across America who reach out for help but find nothing ...they also try to find each other "through a system that keeps them apart" making it impossible for these kids to find closure. He writes about two specific people, a boy and girl and he focuses on what they expierencing right now as teenagers growing up in a generation of anarchy, how ever anarchy has died out and the boy "wonders if he is the only one who remembers what it really means". This is kind of like civil disobiedience and it is not a fierce and bold as the other song i analyzed. This one focuses more on specific details of teenagers who struggle to keep their lives in order, however the socity we live in prevents them from doing so. During the chorus Ever comes up with a plan to do something about the world that is falling apart around them, he does not know exactly what the plan is yet, but he "thinks that we can build it if we try together and we will sing" This song is sending a strong social message to teens across the country that are searching for an answer. He knows what it feels like to feel lost and alone and by singing this song he is trying desperately to reach out to them and let them know that there is hope.
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