This song flips the nursery rhyme “if you’re happy and you know it, clap your hands” by changing it to “if you’re sad and you don’t want to show it, clap your hands” as a way to hide your feelings. The narrator feels forced by those around them to be outwardly happy while struggling with depression...
[Verse 1]
Still stuck in bed
Try to remember how
Unscrew my head
That's too left brain right now
I washed my hair, I’m still a mess
I'm having trouble gettin' dressed
I’ve still got memories to repress
But I still hear my mama sayin'
[Chorus]
If you're sad and you know it
And you don't want to show it
Clap your hands
If you are sad, that's okay
You can clap it all away
Just clap your hands
Clap, clap your hands
Sad
We're all a little sad
[Verse 2]
It's getting hard to justify my thoughts
And where I'm coming from
Understand how I got here
How I became what I’ve become
They say that if I try
That I could maybe be someone
But I’m scared because I know deep down
That day may never come
[Chorus]
If you're sad and you know it
And you don’t want to show it
Clap your hands
If you are sad, that's okay
You can clap it all away
Just clap your hands
Clap, clap your hands
Sad
We're all a little sad
Clap, clap your hands
Sad
We're all a little sad
[Bridge]
Shut up and be happy
It’s all in your head
Grow up and be happy 'cause it ain't that bad
That's what my doctor says
Unless you'd rather be
Unless you'd rather be
[Chorus]
Sad and you know it
And you don't want to show it
Clap your hands
If you are sad, that's okay
You can clap it all away
Just clap your hands
Clap, clap your hands
Sad
We're all a little sad
Clap, clap your hands
Sad
We're all a little sad
SAD (Clap Your Hands) was written by Julian Dimagiba & Andy Tongren & Steve Patrick (Drummer).
Young Rising Sons released SAD (Clap Your Hands) on Fri Sep 28 2018.