Outgrown This Shirt
Skirmish: Growing (@ragbag)Liner Notes
My umpteenth lament
Lyrics
Are you growing bigger everyday? I am growing impatient now I am becoming incompetent
So I'm trying, to find someone to blame For why I've outgrown this shirt So I'm trying, to find someone to blame For why I haven't overcome my fears
What have I got? I'm a jack in the box And I've tried all the tricks in the book And you've glued shut So now I talk to myself I used to say things so wise People thought I was right
So I'm trying, to find someone to blame For why I've outgrown this shirt So I'm trying, to find someone to blame For why I haven't overcome my fears
Are you growing to like this song? Are you growing to like this song? Have you even come this far? Am I still worth your time? Do you still care bout me? Am I still worth your time? Am I even worth mine?
So I'm trying, to find someone to blame For why I've outgrown this shirt So I'm trying, to find someone to blame For why I haven't overcome my fears
Am I just someone, who only wants attention But the only attention I get Always makes me regret Not doing something better than this Growing crops but not growing trees And building tree houses to live in
So I'm trying, to find someone to blame For why I've outgrown this shirt So I'm trying, to find someone to blame For why I haven't overcome my fears
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I like how his lyric takes an ordinary event that a shirt does not fit, and turns it into an analogy exploring personal growth progress.
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The shirt is a potent focal point for coming to grips with unexpected and inexplicable changes. The verses really capture the moment and the feeling.
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There's a T. S. Eliot like element to these lyrics - I'm reminded of the love song of J.Alfred Prufrock. The juxtaposition of the mundane with the profound. Works very nicly here. :-)
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There's a lot going on in these lyrics! Lots of good ideas to ponder. I know all about outgrowing clothes, sadly. Thanks for posting
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Yep I sometimes felt like I needed to suit up and the suit was too big for me. SO I can relate. Our old T-shirts and us aren't always the stuff of heroes ! Also you adressed a very sensitive point with "But the only attention I get / Always makes me regret / Not doing something better than this ". #tit4tat