Please read the lyrics to the song "Insignificant" by the Counting Crows, then respond to the questions that follow (we will listen to the music tomorrow in class; please do NOT listen to the music yet):
Can you see me
Up on a building
From down on the pavement
Or out in the crowd?
Can you see me
Through the glare of the lamp post?
I am walking a tightrope
Into the moon
I don't wanna feel so different
But I don't wanna be insignificant
And I don't know how to see
The same thing's different now
Oh, can you see me?
I am one in a million
I am Icarus falling
Out of the sun
Could you see me falling a line of
Spotlights and jackknife
Through night black as a bedroom
And white as a lie?
I don't wanna feel so different
But I don't wanna be insignificant
And I don't know how to see
The same thing's different now
Diving through the dark
While the night turns blue
And you wear your intentions
As I wear my intentions so clear
If you see me
Wading through water
Oh, come drown in the river
Right in front of the world
You can wash your face and hands
In the stream of my anger
It's as bright as white paper
As dark as a girl
I don't wanna feel so different
But I don't wanna be insignificant
And I don't know how to see
The same thing's different now
I don't wanna feel so different
But I don't wanna be insignificant
I don't know how to see
The same thing's different now, now, now
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1. Which words and phrases (or "clues") in the song stand out to you the most and why?
2. How would you describe this song's mood? What kind of music would best fit these lyrics? Explain your answers.
3. What bigger picture emerges from the words and phrases in this song? In other words, what themes arise from this song?
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