Thumbs
Sabrina Carpenter Lyrics

Somewhere in the world there, is a father and a mother
In some part of the world, there exists a basic family consisting of a father and a mother

And the father is a son, who has a mother
The father is also someone's son and has his own mother

The mother has a daughter who gets married to the brother of a mother
Likewise, the mother has a daughter who marries the brother of another mother, creating more family ties

And they all just tryna multiply with one another
All these individuals are trying to expand their family in different ways

'Cause that's just the way of the world
This is a reflection of how families and relationships work in our world

It never ends till the end, then you start again
The cycle of building relationships and family never truly ends, even when we die and are born again

Somewhere in the world, they think they're working for themselves
People in another part of the world believe they are working for their own benefit

They get up everyday to go to work for someone else
Despite this, their daily routine involves working for someone else, under the guise of personal gain

And somebody works for them and, so, they think they got it made
Meanwhile, someone else works for them and they believe they have it all figured out

But they're all just working to get paid the very same
In reality, everyone is working to earn a living and make money in much the same way

And so, they keep on twiddlin' them thumbs
Despite this, people keep on doing busy work without truly benefiting themselves

Skiddly-dee-da-dum
This phrase is used as a meaningless filler to represent pointless activity

Somewhere in the world, you got a robber and a bank
There are places in the world where there is a criminal element and financial institutions

And the bank robbed the people, so the people rob the bank
In some instances, banks have taken advantage of people resulting in those people seeking retribution and robbing the bank themselves

And the police came to get him, but they let him get away
Law enforcement is not always able to catch criminals or may even let certain individuals go based on other factors

'Cause they're all just workin' to get paid the very same
The motivation for criminals and law enforcement is the same - money

Don't believe everything that you hear
The song advises us to be careful about what we believe

Let it go through your left and right ear
Instead, we should listen to information from both sides of the argument

Don't just march to the beat of that drum
It's important to avoid blindly following the information provided by one source

Don't be one of them people just twiddlin' them thumbs
Similarly, the song advises us not to be bogged down by meaningless activity and not to waste our time on empty pursuits of productivity

They gonna keep on twiddlin' them thumbs
The same pointless activity will likely continue

Cause that's just the way of the world
This refrain is repeated throughout the song as a reflection of the cyclical nature of life and human behavior