This thought process is also reflected in song, with Folds saying, “Maybe I'm thinking myself in a hole / Wondering, who I am when I ought to know / Straighten up now time to go / Fool somebody else, fool somebody else.” In the lyrics you can hear him doubting himself on why he is doing what he is doing. He is doubting why he needs to act differently instead of acting naturally. Yet, despite this at the end of the quote he makes it clear that he is not ready to act on these thoughts when he says, “Straighten up now time to go / Fool somebody else, fool somebody else.” I was in a similar state of mind around my 8th grade year of middle school. It was around this time that I was starting to doubt the need for the public farce i put on. I was becoming frustrated with having to curb my sarcasm and having to act like I didn’t want to speak. Yet I knew if I suddenly switched personalities one day people would become confused and it would not end well, so I bided my time. I looked for the right opportunity to reveal myself. In “Best Imitation of Myself” as the song goes on the frustration of Ben Folds becomes more and more clear. He does not like having to lie about his personality just to be with a
This thought process is also reflected in song, with Folds saying, “Maybe I'm thinking myself in a hole / Wondering, who I am when I ought to know / Straighten up now time to go / Fool somebody else, fool somebody else.” In the lyrics you can hear him doubting himself on why he is doing what he is doing. He is doubting why he needs to act differently instead of acting naturally. Yet, despite this at the end of the quote he makes it clear that he is not ready to act on these thoughts when he says, “Straighten up now time to go / Fool somebody else, fool somebody else.” I was in a similar state of mind around my 8th grade year of middle school. It was around this time that I was starting to doubt the need for the public farce i put on. I was becoming frustrated with having to curb my sarcasm and having to act like I didn’t want to speak. Yet I knew if I suddenly switched personalities one day people would become confused and it would not end well, so I bided my time. I looked for the right opportunity to reveal myself. In “Best Imitation of Myself” as the song goes on the frustration of Ben Folds becomes more and more clear. He does not like having to lie about his personality just to be with a