Song Details
- Album Release Date: 2012
- Genre: k-pop
Song Meaning of “Guy like me” by 100%
This song is about the narrator’s insecurities and feeling out of place, or unworthy in comparison to other men. He doesn’t feel that he is worthy of respect from other people or of the love of a special someone, due to anxieties about his own personality and characteristics. He questions why people “tolerate” him or why they spend any time with him, and his self-doubt is seen in lyrics such as “ Maybe I’m just a waste / I don’t wanna look too deep into my face”.
Despite feeling this deep inadequacy, the narrator realizes that life does contain moments of bliss, and he yearns to experience those moments himself. He expresses the part of himself that desires to be held and accepted for who he is, no matter his flaws, realises that he is a worthy person who deserves to be loved. He recognizes that his self-destructive feelings serve no purpose, and that he needs to be the one to give himself the acceptance and self-respect that he desires from others. He hopes that someone will look past his doubts and see the person deep inside, someone worth understanding and loving, and the chorus summarises his cry of self-acceptance: “Oh, oh a guy like me / No matter what I do / Wont you come and take me / So I don’t have to run away and hide”.