This song is about being confident and liking the things about yourself that there are to like, because those things are always there.
If we ever go walking
I wanna see what your walking is like
I wanna go the places you wanna go
When you don’t wanna show someone the sights
I wanna see you in your element
The cadence of your thoughts
Your breathing when it’s even
Your balance when it’s not
I’d rather you be obnoxious
And think so highly of yourself
That other people can’t stand it
If we ever get talking
I wanna know the words you like
All your favorite phrasings
I wanna hear you get them right
And we can skip the favorite movie chat
To know the way you move
Your body to a record
To see you in the groove
I’d rather you be obnoxious
And think so highly of yourself
That other people can’t stand it
Other people can’t stand it
When you get it going
Show off how hard you work
Everything that makes you different
There’s no unimportant quirk
All the wrinkles in your fabric
How you use your space and time
Love the smallest things you have to love
I promise you it’s fine
I’d rather you be obnoxious
And think so highly of yourself
That other people can’t stand it
And they want you to stand down
I’m just happy you’re standing, at all
After how you’ve been shut down
I’d rather you be demanding
Than living on with your hand down
I’d rather you be demanding
Than living on with your hand down
I’d rather you be demanding
When they want you to stand down
@headfirstonly Mar 2022
There are few lines that express the deep knowledge which we develop of someone special as effortlessly or as wittily as "All the wrinkles in your fabric." This is really good—and what a great sentiment about being true to yourself and encouraging others to do likewise.
@heavyhedonist Feb 2022
great energy, and i dig the way the narrative slowly makes the person being spoken to into the hero of the song.