MARINA AND THE DIAMONDS | I AM NOT A ROBOT

MARINA AND THE DIAMONDS - I AM NOT A ROBOT 

You've been acting awful tough lately
Smoking a lot of cigarettes lately
But inside, you're just a little baby
It's okay to say you've got a weak spot
You don't always have to be on top
Better to be hated than love, love, loved for what you're not

You're vulnerable, you're vulnerable
You are not a robot
You're loveable, so loveable
But you're just troubled

Guess what? I'm not a robot, a robot
Guess what? I'm not a robot, a robot

You've been hanging with the unloved kids
Who you never really liked and you never trusted
But you are so magnetic, you pick up all the pins
Never committing to anything
You don't pick up the phone when it ring, ring, rings
Don't be so pathetic, just open up and sing

I'm vulnerable, I'm vulnerable
I am not a robot
You're loveable, so loveable
But you're just troubled

Guess what? I'm not a robot, a robot
Guess what? I'm not a robot, a robot

Can you teach me how to feel real?
Can you turn my power on?
Well, let the drum beat drop

Guess what? I'm not a robot
Guess what? I'm not a robot

Guess what? I'm not a robot, a robot
Guess what? I'm not a robot, a robot
Guess what? I'm not a robot, a robot
Guess what? I'm not a robot, a robot


Thanks for sharing this with me Tatiana Anderson!

Someone named "thaGRANDlyfe6984" on the web said:

"This song is to me obviously about being human and accepting that fact. More and more worldwide, people are losing touch with their very humanity. Society pushes human beings to be more perfect and more perfect every year, and it's gotten to the point where people are expected to have inhuman characteristics, or else you're called "weird" or a "loser". I think it's about admitting vulnerability, admitting that you're a human, and BEING a human.

It's about being the imperfect human you are instead of trying to cover all of your imperfections up."

I also like this interpretation:

frillsthrillsandpills 

"To me, this song could go one of two ways.

Either it's about the kind of person who is the way Marina has described (like me, for example) - putting on a tough act, hiding from their feelings, never admitting their vulnerability, troubled, hanging out with people that they don't really like or trust, never committing to anything or anyone and not believing that anyone could love them.

And it's her trying to show them otherwise, telling them that they are lovable and vulnerable, just troubled too.

OR

It's her trying to convince herself. It sounds a lot like that to me. Possibly she is that person who puts on a tough front, hides from her feelings, is troubled, doesn't believe she could be loved, doesn't commit to anyone etc. and she's telling herself to stop being that way by saying, 'You're vulnerable, you are not a robot' as if she's saying to herself 'you can't go on like this', and then she's trying to convince herself that she could be loved by saying 'you're lovable, but you're just troubled'. She's telling herself to get over this sort of behavior throughout the song, for example about her not committing, 'not picking up the phone' she's saying 'don't be so pathetic, just open up'. When she's saying 'I'm vulnerable, I am not a robot' and 'Guess what? I'm not a robot' it's her suddenly realizing that she is in fact vulnerable and she's not the robot she acts like. However, 'you're lovable' never changes to 'I'm lovable' so it's as if she still can't convince herself that she is indeed lovable.

The song could have any meaning, but that's how I interpret it."


These are the best interpretation I found on the lyrics, what do you think?