"Grown So Ugly" adalah lagu yang kaya akan emosi dari duo rock pemenang Grammy, The Black Keys. Dirilis pada tahun 2014, lagu ini mengeksplorasi tema identitas yang hilang dan rasa terasing. Lirik lagu yang mendalam, yang diceritakan dari sudut pandang orang pertama, mengungkapkan perjuangan karakter dengan perubahan drastis dalam penampilan dan identitas mereka. Dengan metafora kuat dan pengulangan lirik yang menghantui, lagu ini menyampaikan gambaran yang jelas tentang rasa sakit dan kebingungan yang dialami pria ini, yang merasa tidak dapat dikenali bahkan oleh orang-orang terkasihnya.
Grown So Ugly Lyrics
The Black Keys
I got up this mornin',
Put on my shoes,
Tied my shoes,
Went to the mirror,
For to comb my hair,
I made a move,
Know what to do,
Try to break and run,
Baby, this ain't me,
Baby, this ain't me,
Grown so ugly,
Grown so ugly,
Don't even know myself,
Don't even know myself,
Left Angola, 1964,
Walkin' down the street,
Knock upon my baby's door,
My baby come out,
And ask me who I am,
I say "Honey,
Honey, don't you know your man?"
She said "My man been gone,
Since 1942,
And I tell you, Mr. Ugly,
He didn't look like you!"
Put on my shoes,
Tied my shoes,
Went to the mirror,
For to comb my hair,
I made a move,
Know what to do,
Try to break and run,
Baby, this ain't me,
Baby, this ain't me,
Grown so ugly,
Grown so ugly,
Don't even know myself,
Don't even know myself,
Left Angola, 1964,
Walkin' down the street,
Knock upon my baby's door,
My baby come out,
And ask me who I am,
I say "Honey,
Honey, don't you know your man?"
She said "My man been gone,
Since 1942,
And I tell you, Mr. Ugly,
He didn't look like you!"
