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The meaning of the song is well presented in Hamlet, Act I, Scene 3, line 80:

“To thine own self be true, and it must follow, as the night the day, thou canst not then be false to any man.” – William Shakespeare

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What did John Mayer say about "The Age of Worry"?
Genius Answer

At his concert in Dublin october 16th 2019 he explained this song. He said how we evolved as humans. Where their were first external influences which we had to overcome, like being prey animals. We slowly overcame all these challenges and turned more and more to the inside. “There were fewer and fewer wolves, there were fewer and fewer things above us in the foodchain. Now we have nowhere to hangout but inside, cause everything outside is handled. And then we go inside and shit! Wolves, there are wolves inside too! now i got to make peace in here too, and that’s a hard thing to do, we are not done with that yet, and that’s where anxiety comes from. I want you to think about [with this song] that you might not need to. ”.

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