Robot Boy

I woke up and noticed some interaction on Robot Boy. It was one of the songs I liked. It’s not my favorite, but I think the vocals are gorgeous. The effects are cool, and the singers kind of intertwine their voices to create a dualistic sound. C was always usually much more vocal, while M mostly stayed in the background and whispered his vocals, lol.

I don’t think he was very confident in his voice in the beginning and was kind of timid about singing. As time went on, his confidence grew a great deal. Eventually, he started singing more and doing whole songs on his own.

I still preferred C’s voice, but it doesn’t mean M’s voice sounded bad. I guess I just liked C’s inner voice a lot more. It was beautiful and much softer and warmer at the core, even though he could make a lot of noise when it was requested of him.

The feel of Robot Boy is sort of robotic in a sense, so the name is justly due. The piano’s initial dark keys set a gloomy tone, but then the soft angelic vocals lift the frequency and introduce the hope.

I gather the song is about being so tired you don’t have any fight left and don’t really want to be here because of the lack of love, compassion, empathy, etc. in the world around you. Maybe people have poked you, prodded you, jabbed you, used you, hurt you, and have taken things from you so many times, your responses appear to lack much emotion. It’s whatever, lol.

Perhaps you’ve had to fight your entire life, and you just don’t feel like fighting anymore. You have a wealth of emotions, but maybe you don’t feel you can share them with other folks anymore because of numerous speculations, twistings, misinterpretations, or outright mishandling of the beautiful ones you’ve previously shared.

You will not allow many people to get close to you because most you’ve encountered have only done so to cause you pain or knock you off your true path. Thus, you keep yourself “reserved until further review” around most. You share yourself wholeheartedly with those who truly love you, and you do it abundantly.

You feel the weight of the world as it constantly throws itself at you in one way or another. But you are holding on. One day, you will either crumble under the weight (GO as in remove yourself), access the strength to move the weight (GO as in call upon God to push through it), or transcend the weight altogether (GO as in get taken home).

The interpretation of the term “go” can vary from listener to listener and is dependent upon pre-existing narratives/conceptions, personal beliefs, faith, etc. For me personally, “go” means to do option B until option C occurs. We can always let our Savior carry the weight and carry us through. That’s what He’s there for, to be our rock, strength, refuge, and buckler while we’re here. We will all transcend the weight eventually, but for now we must push through it.