There are a lot of passionate, heartfelt songs--some of them written by me--about how geeks and nerds are misunderstood, bullied, and marginalised. This song...is a little different.
Lyrics:
It's Great to Be a Nerd
Get up early 'cause I have an idea
For a story set on Venus where the characters are gasses,
But I trip on my Superman pyjamas and tumble down the stairs,
Landing on the mattress I've left there in case that happens.
Eat my breakfast sitting backwards in my chair,
Since that aids my digestion, like my socks, since my socks are really purple,
And my mom says I have to put on pants,
But I don't want to put on pants.
So I tell her that in binary. I'm not so sure she heard.
Oh well. It's great to be a nerd.
Go on the computer to talk to my friends,
But they don't know Esperanto, so that kills the conversation,
And I just can't muster up the courage to contact someone new.
Luckily, there is a lot of math to do on Twitter.
Tell my sister that she's eldritch, and she tries
To complain to our parents, but they don't know that word, so they ignore her,
And I'm going to invent a new grape drink
'Cause I'm craving a new grape drink.
I think I'll make a good attempt to turn into a bird.
What fun. It's great to be a nerd.
And I know that you say
I am weird. Anyway,
In my mind, you're an alien
That looks like a small grey gnat.
And I'm sure you believe
I'm no more than you perceive,
But I live in a box.
It's the box holding Schrodinger's cat,
Which isn't a real cat,
Though it also is a real cat.
Do experiments on Legos for a while,
While composing a sonata for the pan pipes and accordion,
That draws on ideas medieval monks have never written down,
Which I know because I am a lIttle psychic.
Write a recipe for travelling in time,
Then begin an adventure five minutes in the past in central London,
And I think I am going to save the world,
But I don't want to save the world.
Sometimes I like to misinterpret everything I've heard.
Join in! It's great to be a nerd.
And I know I'm not cool
And you think I'm a tool,
But I've just been to Narnia,
And try proving that's not true.
And perhaps I'm alone,
But then, I may be a clone
Sent to kill both your parents
In the past so there's never a you,
Never a real you,
Though there'll also be a real you.
Go to bed and have another idea,
Though it isn't very good 'cause it involves a raw tomato,
And I'm really allergic to tomatoes, plus they are all undead,
Little round red seed-producing zombies.
Fall asleep while counting backwards in my head
In base six, since base six is kind of mean, and it's coloured deep magenta,
And I guess it is time to sing goodnight,
Though I can't really sing goodnight.
I realize everything I say is borderline absurd.
So what? It's great to be a nerd.
55, 54, 53, 52, 51, 50, 45.
It's great to be a nerd.
44, 43, 42, 41, 40, 35, 34.
It's great to be a nerd.
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