Week Two:
Lyrics:
I love making you believe
What you get is what you see
But I'm so fake happy
I feel so fake happy
And I bet everybody here
Is just as insincere
We're all so fake happy
And I know fake happy
I been doing a good job of makin' 'em think
I'm quite alright
But I hope I don't blink
You see its easy when I'm stomping on a beat
But no one sees me when I crawl back underneath
If I smile with my teeth
Bet you believe me
If I smile with my teeth
I think I believe me
Oh please don't ask me how I've been
Don't make me play pretend
Oh no, oh what's the use?
Oh please, I bet everybody here is fake happy too
And if I go out tonight, dress up my fears
You think I'll look alright with these mascara tears?
See I'm gonna draw my lipstick wider than my mouth
And if the lights are low they'll never see me frown
If I smile with my teeth
Bet you believe me
If I smile with my teeth
I think I believe me
Oh please don't ask me how I've been
Don't make me play pretend
Oh no, oh oh what's the use?
Oh please, I bet everybody here is fake happy too
I know I said that I was doing good and that I'm happy now
Oh oh
I should've known that when things are going good
That's when I get knocked down
Oh please, just don't ask me how
I've been
Don't make me play pretend
Oh no, oh no
Oh what's the use?
Oh please, I bet everybody here is fake happy too
Oh please, I bet everybody here is fake happy too
Discussion questions:
- How do you interpret the meaning of the lyrics and how does compositional sound shape how you experience the song?
- In what ways does the song “Fake Happy” apply to today’s reading, especially Klein?
If you have time, it might interest you to view the various "Jokers" our Goodwin reading discussed and how psychology is mapped on to each one here:
Week One:
Lyrics:
Ooh, stop
Ooh
Ooh
With your feet on the air and your head on the ground
Try this trick and spin it, yeah
Your head will collapse
But there's nothing in it
And you'll ask yourself
Where is my mind?
Where is my mind?
Where is my mind?
Way out in the water
See it swimming
I was swimming in the Caribbean
Animals were hiding behind the rock
Except the little fish
Bump into me, swear he's
Tryin' a talk to me, say wait wait
Where is my mind?
Where is my mind?
Where is my mind?
Way out in the water
See it swimming
With your feet on the air and your head on the ground
Try this trick and spin it, yeah
Your head will collapse
If there's nothing in it
And you'll ask yourself
Where is my mind?
Where is my mind?
Where is my mind?
Way out in the water
See it swimming
Ooh
With your feet on the air and your head on the ground
Try this trick and spin it, yeah
Ooh
Ooh
Ooh
Ooh
Ooh
Discussion Questions:
- Based on the lyrics and composition, why do you think this song has become a musical icon for popular culture artifacts about mental health despite the song writer's insistence that it is not about states of mental wellness?
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