Day 7 - Lego

HERE IS ANOTHER PIECE ON LYRICS!!

The song is "Don't Throw Out My Legos" by AJR (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tXkRw3mcqe0). Here are the lyrics for those who don't know them:

My new address is hard to remember

So I wrote it on the back of my hand

'Cause I leave the nest, this coming December

To make it as a grown man

I'm 'bout to lose my only defenders

I'm packing up whatever I can

Been waiting for today, but

All I can think to say is

Oh no, don't throw out my legos

What if I can't let go? What if I come back home, back home?

Oh no, don't throw out my legos

What if I can't let go? What if I come back home, back home?

Can we keep my legos at home?

'Cause I wanna move out, I don't wanna move on

People want shirts with the band name on it

And suddenly we ain't so bad

Saved up enough to rent an apartment

But far away from mom and dad

My Christmas card looks like a mugshot

'Cause suddenly I'm getting sad

Been waiting for today, but

All I can think to say is

Oh no, don't throw out my legos

What if I can't let go? What if I come back home, back home?

Oh no, don't throw out my legos

What if I can't let go? What if I come back home, back home?

Can we keep my legos at home?

'Cause I wanna move out, I don't wanna move on

Can we keep my legos at home?

'Cause I wanna move out, I don't wanna move on

It's cold out there, you're standing there

You're trying to face your greatest fear

You're shivering, you're trembling

It's warm in here, so come back in

Oh no, don't throw out my legos

What if I can't let go? What if I come back home, back home?

Oh no, don't throw out my legos

What if I can't let go? What if I come back home, back home?

Oh no, don't throw out my legos

What if I can't let go? What if I come back home, back home?

Oh no, I'll come by when I'm gone

It won't feel the same though, I can't even go home, go home

Can we keep my legos at home?

'Cause I wanna move out, I don't wanna move on

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The passage of time is unstoppable, usually bringing on change, both good and bad. The world is always changing, and often these changes are scary. Sometimes, it can be something as normal as moving out of your childhood home that scares you the most.

"Don't Throw Out My Legos" explores that very topic. The brothers express a fear or reluctance of moving out, begging to "keep their legos at home" in case they come back. I would suppose the legos are a metaphor or generalisation of sorts for their things, all the fragmants of their childhood that made their family house truly feel like home.

I predict the line "it's cold out there" and its accompanying phrases may be referring not to the literal cold, but more to lonliness, fear, or insecurity. "Out there" most likely means out in the real world. Being at home is usually associated with being comfortable or feeling safe, so perhaps it also means the outside world being a polar opposite of home. Uncomfortable and lacking the feeling of safety, insecure.

"'Cause I wanna move out, I don't wanna move on." I believe this refers to the brothers wanting to move out, wanting to take the transition into adulthood, but at the same time not wanting to move on from their childhood, remaining in their past out of fear.

But sometimes, we just have to face the music and go along with change. Moving on is scary, changing is scary, but we need to in order to progress.