What does Ordinaryish People mean?

AJR: Ordinaryish People Meaning

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Ordinaryish People Lyrics

Your happy friends call you depressing
'Cause you wonder why we're all alive
Your downer friends think you're too happy, too happy
'Cause you still celebrate sometimes
Your hippie friends call you a sellout
'Cause you buckle down and get a...

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    #1 top rated interpretation:
    anonymous
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    Mar 22nd 2022 !⃝

    This song has the message that you don't have to be what anybody says you are. Even when your friends tell you that you're ugly, special, and anything else you don't have to be there just because they say you are. You can just be yourself.

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    #2 top rated interpretation:
    anonymous
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    Nov 17th 2021 !⃝

    This song is telling everyone out there that its ok to actually get your act together and begin your life! Even if your friends call you lame or boring for doing this, you need to feel free to be who you are, and do things at your own pace. I'm fourteen right now but I'm looking for a job. I am little young for this, but this song helped me to realize that its ok to be me!

  3. anonymous
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    Sep 20th 2023 !⃝

    The song "ordinaryish people"is a message to people telling them not to be defined by other people's ideas on who they are but to break away from that and just be who they really are; " goodbye ordinaryish people". In my opinion, the "ordinaryish people are the people whose actions are based on what everyone else idealizes in them." I guess the last time you had any fun, was way back when you weren't anyone" suggests that... Normal, or unknown people don't usually get such problems... But when you start trying to be recognized or seen, you are more likely to face so.many societal expectations that are hard to keep up with


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