As I was reading the lyrics to this song I realized that many of the lyrics went along with many of the things we have been talking about in class.
*"Niether here or there, Ambiguous" We have been talking about the ambiguity of biracial people. Their race can be interpreted in many different ways. They could be considered one race over the other, but very seldom to people identify biracial people as actually being biracial.
*"You’ll always be somewhere on the outside." Since her outside appearance is leaning more towards looking "white" she has a place in the white community. This also goes along with the fact that based on outside appearances people categorize others as being one thing or the other. So on the outside one can belong in a group, but on the inside many biracial people are confused and feel like they can't identify with one specific group even though they are expected to.
*"Standing alone, eager to just believe it’s good enough to be what you really are." This lyric is speaking to the fact that you have to try and convince yourself you are "good enough" when you are biracial. Since there is such emphasis put on placing people into categories, one may feel that if they are split between two categories that they may not be good enough to fit into any category but are left alone.
*"Falling in between, and it’s hard to be understood." This reminds me of how Birdie felt like she was between two lives, her white one and her black one. She felt as if no one could understand the person she was because if they were white they wouldn't be able to understand her black side and vice versa. She falls between the lines of being black or white, she feels as if she can't be both and be understood by all.
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