No Such Thing - Learn the meaning

John Mayer - No Such Thing Lyrics

(1)"Welcome to the real world", she said to me
Condescendingly
Take a seat
Take your life
Plot it out in black and white

(2)Well I never lived the dreams of the prom kings
And the drama queens
I'd like to think the best of me
Is still hiding
Up my sleeve

(3)They love to tell you
Stay inside the lines
But something's better
On the other side

(4)I wanna run through the halls of my high school
I wanna scream at the
Top of my lungs
I just found out there's no such thing as the real world
Just a lie that got to rise above

(5)So the good boys and girls take the so called right track
Faded white hats
Grabbing credits and
Maybe transfers
They read all the books but they can't find the answers
And all of our parents
They're getting older
I wonder if they've wished for anything better
While in their memories
Tiny tragedies

They love to tell you
Stay inside the lines
But something's better
On the other side

I wanna run through the halls of my high school
I wanna scream at the
Top of my lungs
I just found out there's no such thing as the real world
Just a lie you got to rise above

(6)I am invincible
I am invincible
I am invincible
As long as I'm alive

I wanna run through the halls of my high school
I wanna scream at the
Top of my lungs
I just found out there's no such thing as the real world
Just a lie you've got to rise above

(7)I just can't wait 'til my 10 year reunion
I'm gonna bust down the double doors
And when I stand on these tables before you
You will know what all this time was for

“The” Commentary

(1)yeah, someone will tell you “this is where your real life
start” when you started going to college or things like that
prepare… be on your guard… control your emotion…
there are things that we call “Gray” which we can’t explain
match things which is good which is bad, but in real world

(2)these is about feeling living in the perfect made up story
where the main character always have “secret weapon”
If he/she encounter the climax of the problem

(3)some people like to control you by saying “you have to
obey the rule” the problem is “it’s all the time”…
but in fact there maybe something better if we do the
other part of choices beside obeying the strict rule

(4)this is an expression of realize things not as simple as
we thought

(5)this is a description of students…
taking credits
we’re trying to find the answer of problem we experienced
is real life… we have to learn it ourselves
but we can’t find it easily by just reading book ‘cause this
and the rule that our parent made is based on tragedies
everyone… and it gives feeling of selfish
that happen in past, and it won’t always happen

(6)this part is really gets into me. how could you be invisible I
while you’re still alive?,but it’s telling me about
“the power of will” no one can beat “your strong will”
you can do everthing you want while you’re still alive
cause when you die you can’t change thing anymore
So, change things when you still alive

(7)it’s a description of after the time passed
you kick the “cowboy’s door things like that”
THEN SHOW WHAT YOU MADE OF AND WHAT YOU
you stand on everyone that try to manipulate you before
HAVE MADE

That is how I “translate” this song into my mind and my heart…
Hope you got the same feeling as the one I felt…

John Mayer! You rock!!!

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