Mini-critique N°334

Paroles :

It's hard to explain

Inherently it's just always been strange

Neither here nor there

Always somewhat out of place everywhere

Ambiguous

Without a sense of belonging to touch

Somewhere halfway

Feeling there's no one completely the same

Standing alone

Eager to just

Believe it's good enough to be what

You really are

But in your heart, uncertainty forever lies

And you'll always be

Somewhere on the outside

Early on, you face

The realization you don't have a space

Where you fit in

And recognize you

Were born to exist

Standing alone

Eager to just

Believe it's good enough to be what

You really are

But in your heart, uncertainty forever lies

And you'll always be

Somewhere on the outside

And it's hard (and it's hard)

And it's hard (and it's hard)

And it's hard

Irreversibly

Falling in between

And it's hard

And it's hard

To be understood

As you are

As you are

Oh, and God knows

That you're standing on your own

Blind and unguided (blind and unguided)

Into a world divided, you're thrown

Where you're never quite the same

Although you try, try, and try

To tell yourself

You really are

But in your heart, uncertainty forever lies

And you'll always be

Somewhere on the outside

You'll always be

Somewhere on the outside

Critique :

Selon Internet, cette chanson décrit les difficultés rencontrées par Carey en grandissant à New York en tant qu'enfant métis. Née en 1970, elle a connu une époque où les enfants métis étaient rares, car quelques années auparavant, les relations entre personnes de races différentes étaient un crime.

Cependant, la chanson porte un message plus universel, celui du sentiment de ne pas trouver sa place. Elle peut s'adresser à des personnes de tous horizons : origine ethnique, genre, identité LGBTQ+, handicap, etc.