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Industry disruptors and soul deconstructors And smooth-talking hucksters out glad-handing each other And the voices that implore, "You should be doing more" To you, I can admit that I’m just too soft for all of it. I spy with my little tired eye, tiny as a firefly, a pebble that we picked up last July. I remember tired me listening to this song for the first time on my way back home from college. It was just a song—a good song, but just a song. I enjoyed the beginning tunes of the song, but nothing more than that. But then a line caught my beat. A line that made tired Vidushi jump up in her seat. And the voices that implore, " You should be doing more. " It felt like Taylor was pointing to me while writing this very line. It felt like she wrote it for me. All those delusional voices of mine got the validation they desired and craved from this one line. I started waiting for this same lyric to appear every time I listened to this music after that day. Simply put, ...