Senses Fail: Institutionalized Meaning
Institutionalized Lyrics
And I get real frustrated and like I try hard to do it.
I like take my time and it just doesn't work out the way I wanted to.
It's like I concentrate on it real...
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First Of All, This Song Is A Suicidal Tendencies Cover. In This Cover Version By Senses Fail, The Song Follows "Buddy", Presumably A Teenage Buddy Nielsen, Through A Series Of Social Conflicts With Friends And, More Significantly, Parents. The Lyrics In The Verses Are Not Sung, But Spoken In A Run-On Sentence Style. The Lyrics Are Complemented By The Lead Guitar, Which Is Subdued At The Start Of The Verses, But Becomes More Frantic And Powerful With The Protagonist's Confrontations And Emotional Outbursts.
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The song is expressing anger about how authority figures "drug" us on conformity. Schools, churches, and other institutional facilities have a knack for telling us what to think and encouraging us not to color outside the lines. It's a song with a whole lot of meaning.
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