Freak Show | Nussy Andrews Lyrics, Meaning & Videos

May 2024 · 2 minute read

Freak Show
Nussy Andrews Lyrics


Jump to: Overall Meaning ↴Oh, to be music, a figureless form
A song on your lips to be hummed and adored
But I am not music, I′m trapped in a body
I'm trapped in a body that everybody else gets to see except for me

Oh, to be a melody that′s plucked from a string
A collection of syllables that someone else will sing
But I am not music, and everyone sees me

Everyone sees me and I am not free
I just wanna be nothing at all

One day, I'll turn to dust and my stories will remain
All the ways I fucked up and all I overcame
But if you could just hear me, if you could only hear me
If only you could hear me then I would be music

Yes, I would be music
Yes, I would be music
Yes, I would be music
Yes, I would be music
Yes, I would be music
Yes, I would be music

Yes, I would be music
Yes, I


Overall Meaning

would be music


In the song Freak Show, Nussy Andrews expresses a desire to escape from the constraints of her body and become "music" - a formless and timeless expression of art that can transcend the limitations of the physical. She envies the freedom of music, which exists purely for the sake of its beauty and can be appreciated independent of its creator. In contrast, she feels trapped in her physical body, which defines her in the eyes of others and restricts her ability to be truly seen.


Andrews longs to be a melody that can be sung by someone else - a representation of herself that is not tied to her physical form. She feels like she is being used as a spectacle for others to gaze upon, like a performer in a freak show. The repetition of the phrase "Yes, I would be music" at the end of the song emphasizes her desire to break free from her physical limitations and achieve a state of pure expression and creativity.

Writer(s): Andrew Nussbaum

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