The Strokes - Hard To Explain [Lyrics]

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Was an honest man
Asked me for the phone
Tried to take control
Oh, I don't see it that way
I don't see it that way

We shared some ideas
All obsessed with fame
Says, we're all the same
Oh, I don't see it that way
I don't see it that way

Raised in Carolina
I'm not like that
Tryin' to remind her
When we go back

I missed the last bus
I'll take the next train
I'll try, but you see
It's hard to explain
I say the right thing
But act the wrong way
I like it right here
But I cannot stay

I'm watching TV
Forget what I'm told
Well, I am too young
And they are too old
The joke is on you
This place is a zoo
You're right, it's true

He said, he can't decide
I shake my head to say
Every thing's just great
Oh, I just can't remember
I just can't remember

Raised in Carolina
I'm not like that
Trying to remind her
When we go back

I say the right thing
But act the wrong way
I like it right here
But I cannot stay
I'm watching TV
Forget what I'm told
Well, I am too young
And they are too old

Oh, man cant you see
I'm ever so pleased
Pretend to be nice
So I can be mean
I missed the last bus
We'll take the next train
I'll try, but you see
It's hard to explain

[teamyordle]

"I say the right things, but act the wrong way."

Wow what a line

[howtoeataham]

I listen to this song everyday, and I literally never get tired of it.

[toasawamura]

The strokes always sound so familiar like ur favorite local band

[yunjinfilterr]

sounds like one of those songs that would play during a movie's credits. they always slap.

[Saghill_]

Man this takes me back. Seen The Strokes in Detroit for 10 bucks back in 2001. Right when there debut first came out. This song still sounds like it just came out. Timeless.

[johndoejjdujd]

It isn’t hard to explain why i love this song so much

[shitoryu]

this song just feels right in every way. Ambiguous yet in my mind I make up stories of what I think he's singing about. But it's best kept to myself and each individuals imagination. It just sounds soo good.

[anchitkumar]

This song is one of the most emotionally evocative songs I've ever heard.

[johnb]

I remember when I was in high school and saw this video for the first time at like 2am on MTV. I knew good music had found its revival.

[deslacooda]

Turned 30 back in January..I'm honestly happy I made it.


A lot of my friends didn't.

[bijanfletcher]

i think this was the best song of that entire decade

[low.agatha]

when i hear this song i feel nostalgia for something i never experienced

[Bastet]

The First album is Medicine. It's been saving me from critical situations for 7 months now. Each time my nervous system gets shocked to a critical degree (emotionally+physically) and I'm on the verge of a hysterical breakdown (rightfully so) - a specific song from the 1st album comes to mind and I immediately play it. It helps me cope with any situation that seemed impossible just a minute ago.

The first album has a very specific Healing and Calming vibration. I don't know how they did it, but the effect it has is literally that of magic. Music has been an insane journey throughout my life, but never has an album helped me in the most critical situations like this album does. It's a REGULATING effect on the nerves, but it's not just due to someone "liking" the music. It's a frequency thing.

Julian is a Taurus moon, which is a calming, stable influence. Virgo sun - healing influence. Somehow those frequencies ended up coded in the first album. I am convinced that God wrote the first album through them, to ground that frequency to the earth so it remains here and spreads this healing. It just happened again. I thought I could not deal with it - I would either lose it or throw up, I got such a shock to my system.

Then I randomly hear - out of nowhere "Raised in Carolina..." - I immediately type in Hard to Explain. Two minutes later, my breathing is under control, I am stable and I can maintain a groud. Was on the verge, just brought me back again. And it's not even an avoidance/escapism tactic, neither is it a coping mechanism or a distraction. It's literally healing in the healthiest and truest way.

The first album is emergency medicine, there's no other way to put it. It happens each time. I don't even think about it or remember what to do. It just comes out of nowhere, by itself. I'm sure it's my guides helping me and choosing the song (the frequency I need) for me. All music is frequency, but as a Psychic, I have never seen an album have so much healing/stabilising power. The rhythms, cords, melodies, words, tempos, everything goes into it. There's lots of music that is deeply healing, some on the deepest soul level. But none of it has the exact frequency to calm down any critical situation, especially in regards to one's nervous system getting suddenly shocked or derailed, like the First album does. I've been telling my followers about this. I wish someone understood the scale of it, the insane magic that is coded in the frequency of this album. Worshipping wouldn't even do it justice. It's ineffable. I can only bow down in respect, and will forever do so, until the day I die.

[splinter]

Still gives me shivers. One of the greatest songs of all tine.

[marknegrete]

I once sang this with Julian, and now I am just a lost soul, love the Strokes .

[mannyv]

If it weren’t for gta I wouldn’t have found this masterpiece

[demonbunny]

This is honestly the best song to listen to when you majorly screwed up and feel like a shit person and everyone in your life agrees you are. When I was a kid and I screwed up with my mom or baby sister and did something that she considered to be “evil” I would play this song in frustration. Especially the lyrics “I say the right things but act the wrong way” I relate to those lyrics so much, anyone else with me?

[nickgraves]

This is a soothing ass lyric video, that orange does something with this song

[davidavila]

There's just smthn about that guitar riff kicking in it just makes me feel worlds of nostalgia I can't even describe. Even though I've only been hearing the strokes for almost a year now. It's like my whole life flashes in a instant in a bittersweet way

[ashirii]

I was actually searching for a different song but I'm okay with finding this one