The Who - i don’t even know myself

이 노래는 정체성의 혼란과 타인의 오해에 대한 불만을 표현합니다
화자는 자신을 이해하지 못하는 세상 속에서 고립감을 느끼며, 자신의 진정한 모습과 감정을 찾으려 노력합니다
결국, 자신조차도 모르는 자신을 이해해 줄 사람은 없다는 슬픔이 담겨 있습니다

There's nothing in the way I walk that could tell you where I'm going
There's nothing in the words I speak that can betray anything I'm knowing
Don't think that by the way I dress, you can fit me on a labeled shelf
Don't pretend that you know me, 'cause I don't even know myself
Ooh, I don't know myself
I don't mind if you try once in a while
I don't mind if I cry once in a while
The doors aren't shut as tight as they might seem
I'm just trying to fight my way out of this dream
Don't listen to the words I say, weighing up if I'm enlightened
Don't shiver as you pass me by, cause mister I'm the one who's frightened
The police just came and left, they wanted me and no one else
Don't pretend that you know me cause I don't even know myself
I said I don't know myself
Do you remember me, I don't remember you
Do you still love me, you know I think you do
I have been gone, and some prison warden knows my scream
I'm just trying to fight my way out of this dream
There's only five who know my real name
And my mother don't believe they know it
What she called me is the way I'm staying
And no one'll ever know it
Come on all of you big boys, come on all of you elves
Don't pretend that you know me cause I don't even know myself
I said I don't know myself