I thought that I'd be over it by now
I thought I might have figured you all out
I don't want a venomous sentiment hanging over
Bringing me down
I thought you really loved me, no chance
Chalk it up to plain old arrogance
I don't wanna overthink anything
Anymore than I already have done so
[Chorus]
Take a hike and exercise your demons
Write it in your phone and then delete it
It's not do or die, not saving lives
Jesus Christ, it ain't that serious
Take a hike and exercise your demons
('Cause God knows you need it, mmh)
('Causе God knows you need it)
[Verse 2]
Oh, there I go reinvеnting myself
One time, two times, I'm so burnt out
There you go dragging this through the mud, it took some time, I know now
I can't save you (Later, hold on, one sec)
I can't save you (Later, hold on, one sec)
[Chorus]
Take a hike and exercise your demons (Ah-ah, ah-ah)
Write it in your phone and then delete it (Ah-ah, ah-ah)
It's not do or die, not saving lives
Jesus Christ, it ain't that serious (Ooh-ooh)
Take a hike and exercise your demons (Ooh-ooh)
'Cause God knows you need it
[Post-Chorus]
Exercise your demons (Ooh-ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh)
God knows you need it, mm-mm
Exercise your demons (Ah-ah, ooh-ooh)
[Bridge]
Even if say that I don't care I know you'll let me down, and
Even if I, know that you're to blame, it doesn't change a thing and
Even if I put you into a time machine, would you admit you're wrong?
I know you won't
[Outro]
Take a hike and exercise your demons
Write it in your phone and then delete it
Take a hike and exercise your demons
God knows you need it
Makna Lagu Exercise Your Demons - elijah woods
Lagu ini ngebahas fase capek hati setelah hubungan yang bikin kecewa. Ada rasa heran karena perasaan belum juga beres, padahal sudah berharap bisa move on cepat. Kekecewaan berubah jadi kesadaran kalau ekspektasi dulu terlalu tinggi. Sekarang arahnya lebih ke mau berhenti overthinking dan nggak mau lagi terbebani emosi negatif yang sama.
Bagian chorus nadanya agak nyeletuk dan sarkas, tapi sebenarnya isinya saran buat ngelepasin beban batin. "Exercise your demons" di sini maksudnya beresin luka dan drama internal, bukan dipendam. Disuruh keluar jalan, nulis uneg uneg lalu hapus, intinya jangan dibesar besarin. Pesannya jelas, tidak semua hal itu sepenting itu sampai harus nguras energi terus.
Verse kedua sampai akhir menekankan batas kemampuan. Perubahan diri sudah dicoba berkali kali sampai burnout. Ada pengakuan bahwa tidak semua orang bisa diselamatkan, dan tidak semua orang mau ngaku salah. Makna besarnya tentang belajar lepas, jaga kewarasan sendiri, dan berhenti maksa memperbaiki orang yang tidak mau berubah.