1999 was the year and the top hits were: Livin' the Vida Loca, Hit Me Baby One More Time, and Genie in a Bottle. Consider the time this Album was released. slut,' with his feet running a mile a minute up the slide.įor music advocates, turning on the radio today often results in vomiting all over the place. Trying to 'Run' back up, while sieving through all the garbage going down, 'Hey look! There's Britney Spears!. I almost feel like Edgar, the lead singer and song writer, is fighting to keep the sanctity of music alive. To me, this is ALL about music musical artists, so called 'voices of the generation', and the way they, along with their labels, have tied a lasso around what GOOD music and lyrics used to be and jumped down a never ending slide. It's a long read, but I tried to make it enjoyable. My InterpretationHere Me Out: New Perspective for Everyone. I cannot wait to reach my dream come true that I wanted 11 years ago. Every time I start my road trips, I start with this song. My dream job and find peace with who I was meant to be. I started on when I first heard this song, i found the old qualities in me that couldīe happy without substance of drinks or a man. This song makes me feel good about myself because I am back on the path that I never thought i could do because I was held back my society telling me i was happy at bars and an abusive ex boyfriend. Now I have plans to move every year for the next three years, I am going to RUN and do things

I leave town every chance I get to find new things and figure out how that will be a part of my life. Since being dumped after a long relationship and trying to be who I was, I have discovered that living where I am makes me so sad. When he says processed sanity, i think of all of the people that go to bars and drink every night and think it's an okay lifestyle, it is what we think makes us happy. I had to work super hard just to get myself back on track. I was in high school because I thought my life plans would work out exactly as planned. I think this song has alot of meaning to me now. Well I am hearing it now again 11 years later if I am not mistaken. I remember hearing this song when it very first came out. This is my first time posting here so i hope ppl like my interpretation. and what he is saying that no matter what, he has a long way to go before he either finds the right answers or is able to conform to popular culture. but that almost sounds sarcastic.īut the chorus 'i've got a long way to run' is the most telling part. it sounds, in these last few lines, that he is almost conceding that to be happy in this consumer culture he needs to get over his boredom and just step in line with the way of the majority. most people don't care about improving their lives, or bettering themselves as human beings instead they define themselves by the things they 'purchase.' you are what you buy basically. Then he calls this a 'world of purchase.' i believe here he is referring to our very consumer oriented lifestyles. and when he says 'I weaken with each voice that sings' he is reiterating that most ppl might even believe they are on the right path and when they try to point others in the 'right' direction, he makes him feel worse because he's heard it all before and the people that think they get it, don't really. he wants to know if there is something to snap us out of this very generic lifestyle that most of us follow. In verse two he starts with the same idea as i've already said. it's someone to open his eyes and snap him out of this depression out of this boredom. but the messenger is not a woman necessarily. and he, like everyone else, is waiting for someone to point him in the right direction. Then in the same opening verse he says what is there left for him to dwell on and he wants to move on but does not know how. People are just consumers and have no unique identity and he's upset that he sees it and it's wearing off on him as apposed to him making a difference or being unique. The opening lyrics are saying that everyone, not just him, are going through a severe depression as a result of confused ideologies. i like the diversity of the opinions and interpretations here, but i feel as if everyone is really missing the deeper meaning.

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