For Austria
Proof and Proving Lyrics
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looking back at what fun I used to have.
"It's okay. You're perfectly sane.
Don't dwell too much or
you'll lose touch with reality."
Reality isn't there for me.
I'm getting sick of this.
It was all I have, now it's all I seem to miss.
And I know all these words because before I told you so.
"Maybe that's why they all sound so familiar."
"Return to sender: I must say
it's been a few weeks, how do you feel today?"
Today I feel okay.
I'm getting by and I try to make it through these hard times.
But I feel much better than I did before.
Mopping around is such of a bore.
"Before all this you could be fun.
Mopping around just gets nothing done.
You've become no fun."
And I know all these songs because before I sung them so.
"Maybe that's why they all sound so familiar."
The song For Austria by Proof and Proving opens up with a dialogue between two friends where the singer expresses his frustration and sadness at losing touch with reality and missing the fun he used to have in the past. However, his friend reassures him that he is perfectly sane and advises him not to dwell on his past too much. The singer, nevertheless, feels that the reality is not there for him and he is only left with his past memories, which is making him sick of his present.
The conversation continues, and the friend asks about how the singer is doing after a few weeks. The singer responds saying that he is doing okay and trying to get by the hard times. He admits that he feels better than before and is tired of moping around. The friend encourages him to return to his fun-self, indicating that mopping around gets nothing done and is not fun. The song ends with the singer stating that he knows all these songs because he has sung them before, which the friend refers to as the reason they all sound familiar.
The song touches on themes of nostalgia, longing for the past, and the difficulty of staying present in a rapidly changing world. It shows the conflict between past memories and the need to live in the present, highlighting the importance of having supportive friends who can help us stay grounded and focused.
Line by Line Meaning
Dearest friend: I'm going mad
The singer is feeling overwhelmed and losing their grip on reality.
looking back at what fun I used to have.
The singer is nostalgic and mourning the loss of enjoyable times from their past.
"It's okay. You're perfectly sane.
Someone is reassuring the singer that they are not crazy.
Don't dwell too much or
The person advises the artist not to focus too much on the past.
you'll lose touch with reality."
The person warns that fixation on the past may cause the artist to disconnect from the present.
Reality isn't there for me.
The singer feels disconnected from reality.
All I have are those past memories.
The singer's past memories are what they cling to because they cannot connect with the present.
I'm getting sick of this.
The artist is growing weary of their inability to engage with reality.
It was all I have, now it's all I seem to miss.
The artist recognizes that their fixation on the past is not healthy.
And I know all these words because before I told you so.
The artist is familiar with the words they are speaking because they have discussed this before with someone.
"Maybe that's why they all sound so familiar."
The singer muses that their words feel familiar because they have said them before.
"Return to sender: I must say
The artist is addressing someone who has sent them a message.
it's been a few weeks, how do you feel today?"
The singer is inquiring about the sender's current state of emotion after a period of time has passed.
Today I feel okay.
The singer is indicating that they are doing alright at present.
I'm getting by and I try to make it through these hard times.
The singer is making an effort to cope with difficult circumstances.
But I feel much better than I did before.
The artist has made progress in their emotional state since the last communication with the sender.
Mopping around is such of a bore.
The artist views inactivity as dull and unproductive.
"Before all this you could be fun.
The singer's perception of themselves as dull is contrasted with how they used to behave.
Mopping around just gets nothing done.
The singer recognizes that wallowing in sadness or nostalgia is not productive.
You've become no fun."
The artist laments their own perceived lack of joyfulness.
And I know all these songs because before I sung them so.
The artist is familiar with the songs they are singing because they have performed them previously.
"Maybe that's why they all sound so familiar."
The artist realizes that the songs they are singing feel familiar because they have sung them before.
Contributed by Jonathan H. Suggest a correction in the comments below.
Tammy Boon
I'm SO VERY GLAD for this!!!!!!! I tried both yesterday & the day b4 to watch & listen & to hear Amber Heard testify but I wasn't sure if I could until it became time for her to be cross-examined?!?! I was correct, as immediately I was TRIGGERED & COULDN'T stomach watching & hearing ALL OF HER LIES!!!!!! In all honesty, I FELT embarrassed b/c I thought, "MY GOD if this is too triggering for me, I'm NOT JOHNNY!!!!!!!" HOW IS HE ABLE TO SIT THERE & ONCE and HONESTLY BE "RE-VICTIMIZED" ALL OVER AGAIN BY HER?!?!?
I've said REPEATEDLY, I'm not going to sit hear & stand by & NOT SAY something even though it is DEEPLY PAINFUL for me. I'M NOT GONNA REMAINED SILENT b/c I'M TIRED that as whole SOCIETY TO WAKE UP & SEE that IN FACT "MEN CAN ABSOLUTELY BE VICTIMS of DOMESTIC VIOLENCE TOO"!!!! I've seen & heard some disturbing things in the media. AS the title of one NEWS article came out the 1st day Amber Heard was on the stand & was quick to claim that Johnny Depp was the abuser?!?! OH how the media works!!!! One other person SO APTLY, "ALL THIS PROVED, WAS WHY JOHNNY DEPP DEMANDED THAT TRIAL WOULD BE TELEVISED!!!!! AND for democracy I'm pro-media!!!! BUT what I'm NOT FOR is when it BECOMES ALL ABOUT PROFITS by EXPLOITING OTHER PEOPLE'S PAIN & TO NOT WAIT & to make sure THE FACTS stated are VERIFIED & that they are INDEED TRUE!!!!!! The man values his privacy, HE DID THIS NOT BECAUSE HE IS A NARCISSIST BUT B/C he was smart enough TO KNOW FOR HIS VOICE TO BE REALLY BE HEARD & FOR WHAT HAPPENED TO HIM!!!!!! YES...FOR WHAT HAPPENED TO HIM TO BE TRULY HEARD, THIS WAS THE WAY and HE WAS RIGHT!!!!!!
Denzel Washington shocked a reporter, when after the 2016 election was asked if who he voted for? Was it Trump or Hillary Clinton? He SHOCKED them & gave a reporter an answer that NEEDED to be said. He made it NOT quite so subtle & didn't respond with an answer to the question given. Instead he said, "SO YOU CAN QUICKLY WRITE ABOUT SOMETHING & NOT CARE WHOSE LIVES YOU HURT OR DESTROY IN THE PROCESS?!?!" AND he didn't stop there as he added and this is somewhat paraphrased, "YOU GUYS DON'T EVEN CARE ANYMORE IF WHAT YOU PUT OUT IS THE TRUTH ANYMORE!!!!!!! BUT...ALL YOU CARE ABOUT ISN'T GETTING SOMETHING OUT THERE THE FASTEST!!!!!!"
I was equally disturbed when I watched a woman, being interviewed by a National NEWS ORGANIZATION. To be honest, I was disturbed by what she said, that I don't have a clue, who she was, or what her profession was. By she was quit to say, that this trial & people picking sides, was only making us go backward as a society as a whole & that victims will be less likely to come forward?!?! I BAULK at her line of thinking!!! What this should do is make people who are willing to lie & to pretend to be the victim think twice!!!!! AND...I also see this as the moving forward in equality NOT backwards!!!!! INDUBITABLY IT IS TRUE THAT THERE ARE MORE MEN WHO PERPETRATORS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE!!!!! HAVING SAID, that I DON'T BELIEVE AT ALL THAT WE ARE GOING BACKWARDS, I THINK WHAT IS BEING BROUGHT OUT INTO THE LIGHT and EXPOSED is that VICTIMS of DOMESTIC VIOLENCE MOST DEFINITELY CAN BE VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE and THAT THERE MOST DEFINITELY IS A DOUBLE STANDARD!!!!!!!!
As a daughter of a MAN WHO WAS INDEED, A VICTIM of DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, it was DEVASTATING to see what he went thru and I SAW FIRST HAND HOW THERE WERE DOUBLE STANDARDS!!!!! The Detectives on are case, having said so, I APPLAUD, from the outside, I understood though it was horrifying that my Dad was suspected of potentially a serious crime. There was an explosion altercation that was on full display thankfully that took place in public!!!! I was wasn't there & it DID NOT occur in our home city. BUT it DIDN'T take too long for the Detectives to DISCOVER in their investigation who the REAL VICTIM WAS!!!! A HUGE part was due to the fact that it OCCURRED in a public setting!!!! It took in the restaurant of a hotel my parents were staying in when my mother went in the a rage!!!!!! Unknown witnesses to our family, saw this altercation take place between my parents & when in the midst of their investigation, these witnesses whom I will probably know, UNEQUIVOCALLY said, my mother wasn't the victim as THEY SAW CLEARLY WITH THEIR OWN EYES, and KNEW THAT IT WAS MY DAD WHO WAS THE VICTIM!!!!! They did also question others, including family members on both sides & myself though I was present. IT BECAME CLEARLY OBVIOUS TO THEM....that INDEED, THE VICTIM WAS IN FACT MY FATHER!!!!!! Ironically, they particularly the woman detective came helpful to us, a resource and an advocate & gave us legal advice immediately as to what to do & more as soon as we began to discover that men were not & in our case not seen in the same light!!!!!!! It was DEVASTATING AS HIS DAUGHTER, helping to lead us thru this mess b/c my dad was older & there was no way, he could of navigated this alone. I FELT WE ARE LET DOWN BY THE SYSTEM!!!!!! I HAD for many years previously worked with young women who were victims of abuse & victims of DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, so even from the that perspective, I COULD SEE OUTRIGHT however not including the Detectives involved, but with the rest, how things that were said to my Dad as I always present, there was ABSOLUTELY NO WAY, THAT A WOMAN IN HIS SITUATION WOULD'VE BEEN TOLD THE SAME THING!!!!!! WE COULDN'T HELP BUT FEEL DEJECTED and BETRAYED by the OVERALL SYSTEM!!!!!!
JOHNNY DEPP WAS ABSOLUTELY CORRECT that FOR HIS SIDE, and THE WHOLE TRUTH TO COME ABOUT OUT, IT HAS TAKEN A TELEVISED TRIAL FOR IT ALL TO COME TO OUT!!!!!!! SO...I VEHEMENTLY DISAGREE that THIS IS SOMEHOW A STEP BACKWARDS!!!!!! IT IS ANOTHER STEP FORWARD & STAND BESIDE & APPLAUD WHAT JOHNNY DEPP has DONE!!!!!!!! MAY THIS EMPOWER OTHER MEN WHO HAVE BEEN VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, WHO HAVE BEEN BEATEN DOWN, WHO'VE PROBABLY FELT A LEVEL OF SHAME, WHO HAVE THOUGHT THAT THEY WOULDN'T BE HEARD or BELIEVED, BE and FEEL VALIDATED, ENCOURAGED and GIVEN ENOUGH HOPE to COME FORWARD AGAINST THEIR ABUSERS!!!!!! YOU MATTER!!!!!
Hounds of Liberation
So with BPD, those that have it feel immense guilt for the harm they cause and do have empathy but are unable to break the cycle of harm and treatment is notoriously difficult.
Although I don't see any such empathy in Amber.
Dr Ramani who is a leading specialist in NPD and has a YouTube channel talks about these key differences in BPD and NPD.
I think when referring to Amber's BPD it's pointing to her extreme mood fluctuations, fear of abandonment etc she obviously doesn't have empathy.
Empathy is often seen in folks with BPD.
Her empathy has been clearly taken from her as a child growing up in an abusive household. People like Amber are made, not born.
But folks with BPD are very much willing to get therapy and are open to change. It's why you often see them in therapy.
With NPD there's a severe lack of empathy and also lack of being able to view things from another person's point of view, they also have no concept of holding themselves responsible or accountable for their actions.
This is why it's hard to get them into therapy. Histrionic is very similar to NPD, the key differences are that those with histrionic care about what others think of them, those with NPD don't.
What I worry about is that all folks with BPD are gonna get smashed and labelled as "cruel" or "insane." It doesn't present in the same way in all those that have it.
Both my parents have malignant NPD, Amber displays almost identical symptoms from what I've seen. But the diagnosis of histrionic also fits.
I hope Johnny gets the justice he deserves, I also fear for Amber's baby. As a child who was horribly abused by two parents with NPD, I genuinely feel sorrow for her child because the way she has abused Johnny will end up targeted towards her daughter.
I also feel sad for the child Amber once was because she is someone who's been destroyed growing up. And now we have a human being that's massively messed up and causing a ripple effect of harm around her.
I just want to add aswell that I have BPD and I am constantly in therapy and working on breaking this cycle of trauma.
I'm fully aware of the pain I can cause when I'm having a total breakdown, and am constantly working on reprogramming myself so to speak.
My whole life was raised in violence with two parents that have NPD. I saw my mum stab my dad, that's how I was raised, and I can see clearly the differences between NPD and BPD.
I feel pain for the pain I cause. Constant guilt. My parents felt none of that.
I won't ever have kids because although I know I'm a nice person overall, I also know that I carry alot of trauma that can be destructive to others.
Mister_Veee
I notice that every time she gives sobbing testimony she often speaks directly at the jury and not the lawyer who asked a question. Hopefully the jury can see that this is obviously a performance.
melondog82
😩.... Amber Turd is dryer than the Sahara desert... Crying without tears one minute...aggressive and argumentative the next.
Leslie Propheter
You don’t think she will complain about the jury wether they are paying attention or not? Being a juror sucks in this case cause these witnesses and Heards boring lawyers are tough
Mister_Veee
@Jennifer It's funny because my original post was about her confidence in performing for a jury despite claiming PTSD. I got a lot of responses and nearly everyone knew exactly what I meant. One of the few who didn't understand it is allegedly a court stenographer. An immature and vindictive one at that. I hope that works out for you. 🤣🤣 Have a nice day.
Jennifer
@Mister_Veee you’re a raisin
Paul Bernard
When she’s fake crying, the word objection sounds like ‘cut’ to her and overruled is ‘action’.
The fact she instantly stops sobbing and hyperventilating to look at the judge when there’s an objection and goes straight back to it when it’s overruled speaks volumes to me. And not a single tear in sight.
RHU
LITERALLY!!! she’s acting like she’s auditioning for a movie
Sharon Cleaver
@CrHasher shes an actress probably sat in front of a mirror practising
CrHasher
I had the same impression, good to know it's not only me seeing it.
Crystal
It’s absolutely disgusting this audio is suppressed from the jury, it’s basically like lying to them, unacceptable!!