While I know the whole album isn't out yet, it will take a lot for All Time Low to top this song as my favorite from it. The first time I heard it, the title didn't seem to fit with me. It also doesn't help that anytime I hear the words "Oh, no" I start singing the song from Veggie Tales in my head "Oh no, what we gonna do? The King likes Daniel more than me and you..." You may find it weird that I referenced a Veggie Tales song in a post about another song that's by an emo/punk-ish band ... but I'm from the South and for some reason to me it makes sense.
Back to our regularly scheduled rambling ... "Oh No!" by All Time Low discusses someone who has started doing lots of healthy habits - eating better, touching grass, letting go of the toxicity in their life and choosing to believe in hope ... which is good, but then we get to the chorus ...
"If I'm not broken like I used to be
Would you still find me interesting?
If I built my brand off feeling sad
Do I need my broken hearted back?"
Big thoughts ... and then we hit the bridge ...
"Trying my hardest to make progress
To be someone I can live with
But what if it's the madness in the man
That makes the music?
And we knew this would be fruitless
All my greatest hits the bullshit
That I tell myself I'm good with
Till I'm not good anymore"
And then we hit the chorus again ...
Every time I hear this song, I get a hit in my chest. I'm reminded of all the masks that we wear on a daily basis. Or maybe it's just me. I once had someone tell me that I'm so good at compartmentalizing everything and they envied me for that.
Meanwhile, I don't envy me for that. Because it shows that I'm who each group needs me to be. And sometimes it's exhausting. And I'm trying hard to be someone I can live with, but then I feel like maybe I'm too boring now. Or have I just grown up and realized that I'd rather be boring and be me (reading books and diamond painting) than trying to be what everyone expects of me?
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