Q: when i listen to "school" i think it's a deep statement on human nature, and more specifically, ignorance in a depressing way. school is a metaphor for knowledge in general. the lines "i don't wanna go to school, because i'm stupid, i don't want nobody tellin me what to do or how to get through this" to me seem like a statement on how people prefer to figure out life on their own way. they think they can wing it, make it up as they go, improvise. the next lines "i don't want nobody tellin me how to think, tellin me how to sing, tellin me how to do everything" really emphasize this point. but in the next lines, the true intentions behind the narrator's willful ignorance is revealed. "i don't wanna be afraid, of criminals, i don't wanna be afraid, of dangerous politicians" is the climax of the story. he doesn't want to expose himself to the harsh realities of the "real world", which could also be why the song uses the metaphor "school", since students
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 n warned about said "real world". "i don't wanna be afraid of you, or of me, or the truth" further this point, because scariness is everywhere, and we all wish it wasn't like that, but we know deep inside of us that it is. the last lines, "said that girl made me feel blue, cause she told me I should stay in school, said that girl made me feel blue, don't go to school" is a nice closer, in which the narrator turns his nose to people telling him to "stay informed" or even perhaps "grow up", because all it does is make people sad. do you think this analysis is appropriate? or am i overthinking just a really catchy, danceable song? love your videos, ants just crawled out of my laptop.
A: your analysis is nice but it's not quite the way i meant it. my own analysis of this song is hiding somewhere (actually several places) throughout these questions pages, and is about equal in length to yours