Outside Lyrics

[Verse 1]
It's hard to explain
Inherently it's just always been strange
Neither here nor there
Always somewhat out of place everywhere
Ambiguous
Without a sense of belonging to touch
Somewhere halfway
Feeling there's no one completely the same


[Chorus]
Standing alone
Eager to just
Believe it's good enough to be what
You really are
But in your heart
Uncertainty forever lies
And you'll always be
Somewhere on the
Outside

[Verse 2]
Early on, you face
The realization you don't have a space
Where you fit in
And recognize you
Were born to exist
[Chorus]
Standing alone
Eager to just
Believe it's good enough to be what
You really are
But in your heart
Uncertainty forever lies
And you'll always be
Somewhere on the
Outside

[Bridge]
And it's hard
And it's hard
And it's hard

[Verse 3]
Irreversibly
Falling in between
And it's hard
And it's hard
To be understood
As you are
As you are
Oh, and God knows
That you're standing on your own
Blind and unguided
Into a world divided
You're thrown
Where you're never quite the same
Although you try, try, and try
To tell yourself
You really are
But in your heart - uncertainty forever lies
And you'll always be
Somewhere on the outside
You'll always be
Somewhere on the outside

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Genius Annotation

This song describes the struggle of Carey growing up as a biracial child in New York. Born in 1970, multiracial children were not very common, as a few years before it was a crime for people of different races to have a relationship. The song is written, though, to have a more universal message of simply not fitting in. The song can relate to race, gender, LGBTQ individuals, people with handicaps, and others.

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Written By
Additional Keyboards
Bass Guitar
Hammond B-3 Organ
Assistant Engineer
Mastering Engineer
Additional Arrangement
Co-Producer
Sound Designer
Drum Programmer
Recorded At
The Hit Factory, NYC, Crave Studios, NY and WallyWorld, CA
Release Date
September 16, 1997
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