In My Room by The Beachboys

analyzed by Gerald Teramae

1. There's a world where I can go and tell by secrets too.

The word, world, is within himself, this is where he goes to talk to himself. This is where he goes and experiences interior dialogue

2. In my room, in my room.

This is where he goes to transfers his negative emotions and analyze talk exchange

3. In this world, I lock out all my worries and my fears.

In this world of his, he has overcome intimidation and by doing this, he is achieving intersubjectivity. Also he blocks out his negative emotions, by interior dialoging

4. In my room, in my room.

Explaination same as Line 2

5. Do my dreaming, and my scheming.

By dreaming he is interior dialoging~ to himself and by scheming, he is thinking of ways to get back at the world by using defense mechanism

6. Lie awake and pray.

By lying awake and praying, he is consciously understanding religion, and by doing this, it helps him to understand his integrated self

7. Do my crying and sighing.

This is a feeling of regret or sorrow when he find that he have lost touch with his spiritual self

8. Laugh at yesterday.

At this point he has overcome intimidation and he can see himself as he was and laugh

9. Now it is dark and I'm alone, but I wont be afraid.

He has stopped his interior dialoging. Also he has achieved transforming his negative emotions

10. In my room, in my room.

Explaination same as Line 2

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