Lyrics:
What do I do to ignore them behind me?
Do I follow my instincts blindly?
Do I hide my pride from these bad dreams
And give in to sad thoughts that are maddening?
Do I let them go and try to stand it?
Or do I try to catch them red handed
Do I trust some and get fooled by phoniness,
Or do I trust nobody and live in loneliness?
Because I can’t hold on when I’m stretched so thin
I make the right moves but I’m lost within
I put on my daily façade but then
I just end up getting hurt again
By myself [myself]
I ask why, but in my mind I find
I can’t rely on myself
[myself]
I ask why, but in my mind I find
I can’t rely on myself
I can’t hold on
To what I want when I’m stretched so thin
It’s all too much to take in
I can’t hold on
To anything watching everything spin
With thoughts of failure sinking in
If I turn my back I’m defenseless
And to go blindly seems senseless
If I hide my pride and let it all go on then they’ll
Take from me ‘till everything is gone
If I let them go I’ll be outdone
But if I try to catch them I’ll be outrun
If I’m killed by the questions like a cancer
Then I’ll be buried in the silence of the answer
By myself
[myself]
I ask why, but in my mind I find
I can’t rely on myself
[myself]
I ask why, but in my mind I find
I can’t rely on myself
I can’t hold on
To what I want when I’m stretched so thin
It’s all too much to take in
I can’t hold on
To anything watching everything spin
With thoughts of failure sinking in
How do you think / I’ve lost so much
I’m so afraid / I’m out of touch
How do you expect / I will know what to do
When all I know / Is what you tell me to
Don’t you (know)
I can’t tell you how to make it (go)
No matter what I do, how hard I (try)
I can’t seem to convince myself (why)
I’m stuck on the outside
Don’t you (know)
I can’t tell you how to make it (go)
No matter what I do, how hard I (try)
I can’t seem to convince myself (why)
I’m stuck on the outside
I can’t hold on
To what I want when I’m stretched so thin
It’s all too much to take in
I can’t hold on
To anything watching everything spin
With thoughts of failure sinking in
I can’t hold on
To what I want when I’m stretched so thin
It’s all too much to take in
I can’t hold on
To anything watching everything spin
With thoughts of failure sinking...
CONTRAST AND COMPARISON
"What do I do to ignore them behind me?
Do I follow my instincts blindly?"
-These opening lines are similar to the idea of Hamlet being clueless as what to do with his situation. It does not, however, indicate any point of suicide or to any extent of death.
"Do I hide my pride from these bad dreams
And give in to sad thoughts that are maddening?
Do I let them go and try to stand it?
Or do I try to catch them red handed
Do I trust some and get fooled by phoniness,
Or do I trust nobody and live in loneliness?"
- These lines portray Hamlet's to-and-fro attitude wherein he argues to himself whether he should take action or be passive. Basically what is expressed in these lines is that either I remain passive and let loneliness consume me, or take action and see what may result compares to Hamlet's lines ,wherein the words, "live in loneliness", in the song points to Hamlet's lines: "Whether ’tis nobler in the mind to suffer The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune", and the words "Or do I catch them red-handed", in the song point to Hamlet's, "Or to take arms against a sea of troubles, And, by opposing, end them?"
"I can’t hold on
To what I want when I’m stretched so thin
It’s all too much to take in
I can’t hold on
To anything watching everything spin
With thoughts of failure sinking in"
- The chorus continues to magnify Hamlet's idea of giving up by means of death would benefit him more rather than actually doing something about his situation. the song still does not imply anything about death, just the idea of giving up.
"If I’m killed by the questions like a cancer
Then I’ll be buried in the silence of the answer"
- These lines resemble Hamlet's idea of conscience and too much thinking as the weakness that prevents action.
"How do you think / I’ve lost so much
I’m so afraid / I’m out of touch
How do you expect / I will know what to do"
- Again, these lines could be about Hamlet's idea of the conscience. Hamlet's fear of death's consequences compare to the lines of the song: I’m so afraid / I’m out of touch. The song connects the point of fear with the point of struggling action.
"No matter what I do, how hard I (try)
I can’t seem to convince myself (why)
I’m stuck on the outside"
- The bridge concludes Hamlet's soliloquy wherein action is not done and he is left arguing about the points of life and death.
Other Notes:
- In the song, there is no theme of death as opposed to Hamlet's theme of life vs. death.
- Both points of study resemble a mood of darkness however the song takes it lighter.
- Similar themes between the two are:
Lyrics:
What do I do to ignore them behind me?
Do I follow my instincts blindly?
Do I hide my pride from these bad dreams
And give in to sad thoughts that are maddening?
Do I let them go and try to stand it?
Or do I try to catch them red handed
Do I trust some and get fooled by phoniness,
Or do I trust nobody and live in loneliness?
Because I can’t hold on when I’m stretched so thin
I make the right moves but I’m lost within
I put on my daily façade but then
I just end up getting hurt again
By myself [myself]
I ask why, but in my mind I find
I can’t rely on myself
[myself]
I ask why, but in my mind I find
I can’t rely on myself
I can’t hold on
To what I want when I’m stretched so thin
It’s all too much to take in
I can’t hold on
To anything watching everything spin
With thoughts of failure sinking in
If I turn my back I’m defenseless
And to go blindly seems senseless
If I hide my pride and let it all go on then they’ll
Take from me ‘till everything is gone
If I let them go I’ll be outdone
But if I try to catch them I’ll be outrun
If I’m killed by the questions like a cancer
Then I’ll be buried in the silence of the answer
By myself
[myself]
I ask why, but in my mind I find
I can’t rely on myself
[myself]
I ask why, but in my mind I find
I can’t rely on myself
I can’t hold on
To what I want when I’m stretched so thin
It’s all too much to take in
I can’t hold on
To anything watching everything spin
With thoughts of failure sinking in
How do you think / I’ve lost so much
I’m so afraid / I’m out of touch
How do you expect / I will know what to do
When all I know / Is what you tell me to
Don’t you (know)
I can’t tell you how to make it (go)
No matter what I do, how hard I (try)
I can’t seem to convince myself (why)
I’m stuck on the outside
Don’t you (know)
I can’t tell you how to make it (go)
No matter what I do, how hard I (try)
I can’t seem to convince myself (why)
I’m stuck on the outside
I can’t hold on
To what I want when I’m stretched so thin
It’s all too much to take in
I can’t hold on
To anything watching everything spin
With thoughts of failure sinking in
I can’t hold on
To what I want when I’m stretched so thin
It’s all too much to take in
I can’t hold on
To anything watching everything spin
With thoughts of failure sinking...
CONTRAST AND COMPARISON
"What do I do to ignore them behind me?
Do I follow my instincts blindly?"
-These opening lines are similar to the idea of Hamlet being clueless as what to do with his situation. It does not, however, indicate any point of suicide or to any extent of death.
"Do I hide my pride from these bad dreams
And give in to sad thoughts that are maddening?
Do I let them go and try to stand it?
Or do I try to catch them red handed
Do I trust some and get fooled by phoniness,
Or do I trust nobody and live in loneliness?"
- These lines portray Hamlet's to-and-fro attitude wherein he argues to himself whether he should take action or be passive. Basically what is expressed in these lines is that either I remain passive and let loneliness consume me, or take action and see what may result compares to Hamlet's lines ,wherein the words, "live in loneliness", in the song points to Hamlet's lines: "Whether ’tis nobler in the mind to suffer The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune", and the words "Or do I catch them red-handed", in the song point to Hamlet's, "Or to take arms against a sea of troubles, And, by opposing, end them?"
"I can’t hold on
To what I want when I’m stretched so thin
It’s all too much to take in
I can’t hold on
To anything watching everything spin
With thoughts of failure sinking in"
- The chorus continues to magnify Hamlet's idea of giving up by means of death would benefit him more rather than actually doing something about his situation. the song still does not imply anything about death, just the idea of giving up.
"If I’m killed by the questions like a cancer
Then I’ll be buried in the silence of the answer"
- These lines resemble Hamlet's idea of conscience and too much thinking as the weakness that prevents action.
"How do you think / I’ve lost so much
I’m so afraid / I’m out of touch
How do you expect / I will know what to do"
- Again, these lines could be about Hamlet's idea of the conscience. Hamlet's fear of death's consequences compare to the lines of the song: I’m so afraid / I’m out of touch. The song connects the point of fear with the point of struggling action.
"No matter what I do, how hard I (try)
I can’t seem to convince myself (why)
I’m stuck on the outside"
- The bridge concludes Hamlet's soliloquy wherein action is not done and he is left arguing about the points of life and death.
Other Notes:
- In the song, there is no theme of death as opposed to Hamlet's theme of life vs. death.
- Both points of study resemble a mood of darkness however the song takes it lighter.
- Similar themes between the two are: