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This song is about him thinking he might be another gender, then realizing he’s just comfortable enough in his own gender to dress more feminine or masculine without it meaning he’s anything but what he’s always been. :)
I loved your interpretation of the song, but when it comes to the title itself and how it comes up in the song an interpretation I like of will saying “I would prefer it if you used ‘I / Me / Myself’”is meaning that he’s frustrated with people trying to speak on what his gender is and how he ought to identify or express himself and his response is telling them to speak for themselves and not impose their ideas onto him. Great video!
While I've been told what the meaning of the song is to will wood, you can always interpret a song in a different way. For me, this song really helped me when I felt trapped in my body, because of the way will describes his journey with gender. I love how you form your own interpretation, even when you know it may not be what the artist was indenting. Keep doing your thing❤❤ Edit: I think the lyric "flower petals and feathers tether me to the ground, pound for pound," is very interesting. Imo, this represents him becoming, perhaps, unhealthily skinny, to look more feminine. Theres no weight to tether him to the ground because he's lost enough weight to fit back in his skin, so he's used feathers and flower petals to keep him grounded, matching these feminine things, pound for pound to the pounds he's lost. Which makes sense, considering, "while i wittle my bones until I'm brittle. Am i pretty now." Which directly correlates being pretty with being skinny, and having to be pretty to be feminine. Not to mention, needing that approval from others that this is what he's "supposed" to be doing.
Thank you for commenting and letting us have some insight into your interpretation. Yes, once a song, short story, etc is out of the artist's hands it will live with the audience in multiple ways. It is always interesting to hear artist's talk about their work, too. I think sometimes the meaning for them changes over time as well. 🙂
Hey nice more will wood, so my interpretation of this song which I’m still not 100% sure on because people spread a lot of misinformation about this song. So what I take it as is someone searching for identity by breaking gender norms but feeling no labels fit them so they keep searching until they decide that all identities are invalid. In the past will wood cross dressed a lot and then fans began to insist that he was trans even if he agreed or not. Will has confirmed he isn’t trans and apparently the song was partially written for the reason of addressing that part and expressing how breaking gender norms doesn’t mean you have to choose a new label just because others tell you what you are doing makes you less like who you chose to be
Also I found a quote from Will about this song so I’m gonna put that because it explains this so much better than me Quote From Will Wood: “Hey everyone, WW here. Some fans have started to harass me and my friends believing that this song is an expression of some kind of transphobia. I normally try to ignore fan harassment, but I find the idea of this particularly disgusting. This song is, as I’ve said, about my experiences with my gender identity. It’s none of your business, but I once identified as genderqueer, until I realized that my attraction to traditionally feminine things did not interfere with my identity as a man. I didn’t want to define non-binary with my good old-fashioned cross-dressing, because I don’t want to speak for anyone else. I came to realize that my refusal and/or failure to meet the behavioral standards of my gender role did not make me less of a man, and anyone (cis or trans) who tells me that wearing makeup now and again makes me less of a man can shove it. After struggling for some time, I realized that my genderqueer identity wasn’t necessary for me, that I was wearing it as a prop in order to serve a purpose. The song is about my experiences and any amount of satire or targeted poking fun it does is at people who are doing what I know I did at the time. Partially in the hopes of drawing people away from that toxicity like I wish something had for me at the time. I admit that some lyrics were added after fans started refusing to accept that I am not trans, even going so far as to tell me to my face that I am regardless of what I tell them, and would not listen to my explanations of the song. My frustration with the fact that there were far more non-binary people refusing to accept my cisgender identity than there ever were cisgender people refusing to accept my genderqueer identity likely had me writing with a little more venom than I would have otherwise - but the target is still, when it comes down to it, myself. Also, I was tripping balls at a casino, leave me alone. To boil it down, the song is about how I respond to my frustration with the limitations of the male gender role, the maladaptive ways I’ve coped with that frustration, and trying to figure out if this experience or any other regarding my gender can or should define me. It reaches the same conclusion that most of my work does - and that is that nothing is real and that if something is hurting us we have the power to cast it off. As I said with my entire second album, clinging too hard to one’s identity in the wrong way can hurt oneself and others, and I know for sure that’s what I was doing - and anyone who has attacked me or my friends over it is likely doing that too. Seriously at least have the basic human decency to leave my friends out of it if you can’t resist abusing me. I, as I’ve said clearly, wholly and firmly support the movement for the acceptance on non-binary gender identities. I myself would call myself cisgender, but I believe it’s incredibly important that we as a society move toward a place where gender roles no longer limit us, control us, and hurt us. I can only clarify so much better without just repeating what I’ve already written, so I’ll leave it at that. Thanks for listening, hope this suffices” It’s a very long quote as well so uh yeah. (I’ve only had time to read half of it so far)
Thank you for commenting. I think there can be many interpretations, but it sounds like you are definitely in the ball park of something that tracks well. 🙂
@@C0mput3- Thank you. Yes, other people are going to judge you no matter what, and they won't necessarily believe you even when you tell them that you aren't whatever they seem to think - lol. People are people - crazy and weird sometimes. I've said for decades (since I was wee and almost EVERYONE disagreed with me then) that we will never really get along until all the "us" and "them" traps are reduced. I have had people tell me point-blank what I "am" in an accusatory (sometimes abusive) way but I know they have absolutely no reasoning behind it. I've learned to walk away and let them stew in their own vileness until they succumb or - with any luck - learn. 🙂
@@rjjsreactions-rk7zh yeah, I love seeing reaction videos because it gives me a chance to hear other people’s ideas of the songs I love. It also lets me sometimes add new things to my own ideas. I also like sharing with others my views on a songs meaning, but I never share them in ways saying that it is the only true meaning because everyone is free to have their own ideas and opinions on songs. Anyways I can’t wait for the next song on the album, it’s a bit of a switch and more calm
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This song is about him thinking he might be another gender, then realizing he’s just comfortable enough in his own gender to dress more feminine or masculine without it meaning he’s anything but what he’s always been. :)
Thank you for commenting. 🙂
I loved your interpretation of the song, but when it comes to the title itself and how it comes up in the song an interpretation I like of will saying “I would prefer it if you used ‘I / Me / Myself’”is meaning that he’s frustrated with people trying to speak on what his gender is and how he ought to identify or express himself and his response is telling them to speak for themselves and not impose their ideas onto him.
Great video!
Thank you so much! 🙂
While I've been told what the meaning of the song is to will wood, you can always interpret a song in a different way. For me, this song really helped me when I felt trapped in my body, because of the way will describes his journey with gender. I love how you form your own interpretation, even when you know it may not be what the artist was indenting. Keep doing your thing❤❤
Edit: I think the lyric "flower petals and feathers tether me to the ground, pound for pound," is very interesting. Imo, this represents him becoming, perhaps, unhealthily skinny, to look more feminine. Theres no weight to tether him to the ground because he's lost enough weight to fit back in his skin, so he's used feathers and flower petals to keep him grounded, matching these feminine things, pound for pound to the pounds he's lost. Which makes sense, considering, "while i wittle my bones until I'm brittle. Am i pretty now." Which directly correlates being pretty with being skinny, and having to be pretty to be feminine. Not to mention, needing that approval from others that this is what he's "supposed" to be doing.
Thank you for commenting and letting us have some insight into your interpretation. Yes, once a song, short story, etc is out of the artist's hands it will live with the audience in multiple ways. It is always interesting to hear artist's talk about their work, too. I think sometimes the meaning for them changes over time as well. 🙂
Hey nice more will wood, so my interpretation of this song which I’m still not 100% sure on because people spread a lot of misinformation about this song. So what I take it as is someone searching for identity by breaking gender norms but feeling no labels fit them so they keep searching until they decide that all identities are invalid.
In the past will wood cross dressed a lot and then fans began to insist that he was trans even if he agreed or not. Will has confirmed he isn’t trans and apparently the song was partially written for the reason of addressing that part and expressing how breaking gender norms doesn’t mean you have to choose a new label just because others tell you what you are doing makes you less like who you chose to be
Also I found a quote from Will about this song so I’m gonna put that because it explains this so much better than me
Quote From Will Wood: “Hey everyone, WW here. Some fans have started to harass me and my friends believing that this song is an expression of some kind of transphobia. I normally try to ignore fan harassment, but I find the idea of this particularly disgusting. This song is, as I’ve said, about my experiences with my gender identity. It’s none of your business, but I once identified as genderqueer, until I realized that my attraction to traditionally feminine things did not interfere with my identity as a man. I didn’t want to define non-binary with my good old-fashioned cross-dressing, because I don’t want to speak for anyone else. I came to realize that my refusal and/or failure to meet the behavioral standards of my gender role did not make me less of a man, and anyone (cis or trans) who tells me that wearing makeup now and again makes me less of a man can shove it. After struggling for some time, I realized that my genderqueer identity wasn’t necessary for me, that I was wearing it as a prop in order to serve a purpose. The song is about my experiences and any amount of satire or targeted poking fun it does is at people who are doing what I know I did at the time. Partially in the hopes of drawing people away from that toxicity like I wish something had for me at the time. I admit that some lyrics were added after fans started refusing to accept that I am not trans, even going so far as to tell me to my face that I am regardless of what I tell them, and would not listen to my explanations of the song. My frustration with the fact that there were far more non-binary people refusing to accept my cisgender identity than there ever were cisgender people refusing to accept my genderqueer identity likely had me writing with a little more venom than I would have otherwise - but the target is still, when it comes down to it, myself. Also, I was tripping balls at a casino, leave me alone. To boil it down, the song is about how I respond to my frustration with the limitations of the male gender role, the maladaptive ways I’ve coped with that frustration, and trying to figure out if this experience or any other regarding my gender can or should define me. It reaches the same conclusion that most of my work does - and that is that nothing is real and that if something is hurting us we have the power to cast it off. As I said with my entire second album, clinging too hard to one’s identity in the wrong way can hurt oneself and others, and I know for sure that’s what I was doing - and anyone who has attacked me or my friends over it is likely doing that too. Seriously at least have the basic human decency to leave my friends out of it if you can’t resist abusing me. I, as I’ve said clearly, wholly and firmly support the movement for the acceptance on non-binary gender identities. I myself would call myself cisgender, but I believe it’s incredibly important that we as a society move toward a place where gender roles no longer limit us, control us, and hurt us. I can only clarify so much better without just repeating what I’ve already written, so I’ll leave it at that. Thanks for listening, hope this suffices”
It’s a very long quote as well so uh yeah. (I’ve only had time to read half of it so far)
Thank you for commenting. I think there can be many interpretations, but it sounds like you are definitely in the ball park of something that tracks well. 🙂
@@C0mput3- Thank you. Yes, other people are going to judge you no matter what, and they won't necessarily believe you even when you tell them that you aren't whatever they seem to think - lol. People are people - crazy and weird sometimes. I've said for decades (since I was wee and almost EVERYONE disagreed with me then) that we will never really get along until all the "us" and "them" traps are reduced. I have had people tell me point-blank what I "am" in an accusatory (sometimes abusive) way but I know they have absolutely no reasoning behind it. I've learned to walk away and let them stew in their own vileness until they succumb or - with any luck - learn. 🙂
@@rjjsreactions-rk7zh yeah, I love seeing reaction videos because it gives me a chance to hear other people’s ideas of the songs I love. It also lets me sometimes add new things to my own ideas. I also like sharing with others my views on a songs meaning, but I never share them in ways saying that it is the only true meaning because everyone is free to have their own ideas and opinions on songs.
Anyways I can’t wait for the next song on the album, it’s a bit of a switch and more calm
@@C0mput3- Sounds great - looking forward to it.
Dammit, I’m late! Can’t wait for more though!
Thank you for commenting. More to come! 🙂
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Hi! I will be doing that song as I am going through the Normal Album. I think it is the 9th track. 🙂
@@rjjsreactions-rk7zh i get It, i'll be waiting when you get yo the song, i appreciate your work ♥️