The music video for the song features the band performing as well as Shimon Moore paying to be beaten up by hobos and Emma Anzai drawing plastic surgery incision marks on herself. It was filmed in the original basement used to film the movie Fight Club.
The song reached #20 on the Modern Rock chart.
My World
Sick Puppies Lyrics
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I'm not gonna react
I'm not doing shit for you
I'm not sitting around
While you're tearing it down around us
I'm not living a lie
While you swim in denial
Cause your already dead and gone
Just like everyone
Else before you
Welcome to my world
Where everyone I ever need
Always ends up leaving me alone
Another lesson burned
And I'm drowning in the ashes
Kicking
Screaming
Welcome to my world
I don't care what you think
I'm not seeing a shrink
I'm not doing this again
I'm not another
Student or a mother
To take your shit out on
So lets see what you got
And lets see what you're not
And whatever else you pretend
You've defended my intentions
Long enough
So here I am again
In the middle of the end
The choice I wish Id made
I always make too late.
The lyrics to Sick Puppies's song My World convey feelings of rejection, independence, and anger. The singer expresses that he is not going to react or do anything for the person who is tearing everything down around them. He refuses to live a lie and be in denial like the other person, who is already "dead and gone." He knows that the other person will leave him just like everyone else before them, which is why he says "Welcome to my world, where everyone I ever need always ends up leaving me alone." The singer is tired of being a victim and not being able to trust anyone. He refuses to let anyone take their shit out on him anymore and shows a willingness to fight back by saying "So lets see what you got, and lets see what you're not, and whatever else you pretend, you've defended my intentions long enough." The lyrics end with the singer acknowledging his mistake of always making choices too late.
At its core, the song My World is about feeling abandoned and betrayed by those closest to you. The lyrics suggest that the singer has been through several experiences where he has been let down and hurt by others. He has learned to not rely on anyone and that the only person he can truly trust is himself. The singer refuses to let anyone treat him poorly or take advantage of him, but at the same time, is aware that he's trapped in a cycle and is doomed to repeat the same mistakes.
Line by Line Meaning
I'm not coming back
I have no intention of returning to you
I'm not gonna react
I refuse to respond to you
I'm not doing shit for you
I will not do anything for you
I'm not sitting around
I refuse to stay idle and watch everything go down
While you're tearing it down around us
While you are destroying everything around us
I'm not living a lie
I refuse to live a falsehood
While you swim in denial
While you try to avoid the truth
Cause your already dead and gone
You are already emotionally dead and out of the picture
You'll leave me out on the curb
You will discard me like everyone else did
Just like everyone Else before you
Like all the previous people
Welcome to my world
Welcome to a place where people abandon me
Where everyone I ever need
Where everyone I needed
Always ends up leaving me alone
Always ends up walking out of my life leaving me alone
Another lesson burned
Another lesson learned the hard way
And I'm drowning in the ashes
And I am struggling with the aftermath
Kicking
Fighting
Screaming
Yelling
Welcome to my world
Welcome to a world of abandonment and heartache
I don't care what you think
I am indifferent to your opinion
I'm not seeing a shrink
I am not going for therapy
I'm not doing this again
I am not repeating this again
I'm not another
I am not the typical
Student or a mother
Student or a mother to be taken advantage of
To take your shit out on
For you to dump your problems on me
So lets see what you got
So, let's see what you have to offer
And lets see what you're not
And let's see everything else you are deficient in
And whatever else you pretend
And any false image you might exhibit
You've defended my intentions
You have challenged my motives for the last time
Long enough
For a while now
So here I am again
Here I am once more
In the middle of the end
In the climax of everything
The choice I wish Id made
The choice I regret not making
I always make too late.
A choice or decision, I always make too late.
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Royalty Network, Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
Written by: Antonina Armato, Emma Anzai, Shimon Moore, Timothy James Price
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
E-man res-U
To all the people coming back here after remembering "those times" with this song:
We made it guys. We got over it.
To all the people currently living through this song:
There are better times coming. Don't quit. Love yourself, you are beautiful.
Edit:
2 years later
Life is funny, here I am again. Crying myself out to this song. But I know I'll be fine, not tomorrow, maybe not anytime soon, but someday, somehow, I know everything's gonna be ok.
We can all find a way to get over tragedy. There's no magic formula but there is a way for every single one of us to put ourserlves back together and rise. Don't be afraid to go outside and find out for yourself.
We'll laugh about it someday.
For now,
Be brave
Be kind
Be honest
It's not over for me.
And I assure you buddy,
It won't be over for you.
I love you. Whoever you are.
Jim Kelly
Haven't jammed to Sick Puppies since I was a teen. Helped me through so much shit when I was younger
grilledcheese
+Jim Kelly Literally what I'm going through too, man
Kawan Ortega
+Jim Kelly Agreed!
Miranda
Jim Kelly samee
Doctor Shame
Jim Kelly for real man same
Sir Nik
we are all the same in some way ;)
Faith Cintron
Throwback to the first song that made me fall in love with sick puppies.
Sparda TM
same
Eve Allen
Same feel 314
Alex Holmes
Firs time I ever heard of them I was standing front row at their concert at WJJO Band Camp in Madison Wisconsin. We walked through the gate and went to a side stage where a band was about to start. This was their first song. I was immediately drawn in, not to mention I was 18 and their bass player is gorgeous.