This song represents the challenges that Holden goes through in the novel. He is alienated, lonely, and he feels like everything is just falling apart.
I woke up it was 7
I waited till 11
To figure out that no one would call
I think I've got a lot of friends
But I don't hear from them
What's another night all alone
When you're spending every day on your own
And here it goes
I'm just a kid
And life is a nightmare
I'm just a kid
I know that it's not fair
Nobody cares cause I'm alone and the world is having more fun than me tonight
And maybe when the night is dead
I'll crawl into my bed staring at these 4 walls again
I'll try to think about the last time I had a good time
Everyone's got somewhere to go & they're gonna leave me here on my own
And here it goes
I'm just a kid
And life is a nightmare
I'm just a kid
I know that it's not fair
Nobody cares cause I'm alone and the world is having more fun than me
What the hell is wrong with me
Don't fit in with anybody
How did this happen to me?
Wide awake I'm bored & I can't fall asleep
And every night is the worst night ever
I'm just a kid
I'm just a kid
I'm just a kid
I'm just a kid
I'm just a kid
I'm just a kid
And life is a nightmare
I'm just a kid
I know that it's not fair
Nobody cares cause I'm alone and the world is
Nobody wants to be alone in the world
I'm just a kid
And life is a nightmare
I'm just a kid
I know that it's not fair
Nobody cares cause I'm alone and the world is
Nobody wants to be alone in the world
Nobody cares cause I'm alone and the world is having more fun than me tonight
I'm all alone tonight
Nobody cares tonight
Cause I'm just a kid tonight
In the second stanza, it says, "I'm just a kid, And life is a nightmare, I'm just a kid, I know that it's not fair." When it says life is a nightmare, it explaining the world in Holden's eyes. Everything around him seems phony, confusing, and it just seems like his life is falling apart. Holden experiences many of the difficulties of being a kid and growing up basically alone in the city throughout the book. More than once he is desperate to talk to someone but is not able to think of somebody to call. When he arrives at Penn Station, he says, "I felt like giving somebody a buzz...but as soon as I was inside, I couldn't think of anybody to call up...so I ended up not calling anybody (p.59)." Simple Plan's I'm Just a Kid echoes Holden's feeling of rejection and loneliness of not having anyone to talk to, hence "waited till 11, Just to figure out that no one would call, I think I got a lot of friends but I don't hear from them, What's another night all alone, When your spending everyday on your own..." Holden is overcome by isolation and depression because he cannot fit in anywhere, with anybody, which connects to, "What the hell is wrong with me, Don't fit in with anybody, How did this happen to me?"
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