A Little More Homework (Feat. Graham Phillips)

Ariana Grande
Brand New You

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화자는 자신을 어른으로 봐 달라는 상대에게 "If you stand here behind me and you call me a man"이라 말하면서도, 아직 다 자라지 않았다는 걸 인정한다. "We all have a little more homework to do"라는 반복구는 성장을 학교 숙제에 비유해, 누구도 완성되지 않은 채 배워가는 과정에 있다는 뜻을 담는다.

"I've been looking in the back of the book for the answers"라는 구절은 정답을 미리 알고 싶어 하는 조급함을, "Day turns to day"로 이어지는 긴 반복은 하루하루가 쌓여 자신도 모르게 자라나는 시간의 흐름을 표현한다. 완벽한 정답 대신 시간이 더 필요하다는 솔직한 인정이 곡의 중심 메시지다.

If you stand here behind meAnd you call me a manAnd you're counting to come throughYou should know that I'll give you the best that I canBut we all have a little more homework to do

If you're walking beside me and you wanna be friendsYou should know I'm depending on youSo you gotta hang in there till the whole story endsCause we all have a little more homework to do

Cause I've been looking in the back of the book for the answersHoping the bell wouldn't chimeBut I'm not ready to put down my pencil just yetThere are too many answers that I didn't getI need a little less pressure and a little more timeI'm trying to follow, I'm trying to leadI'm trying to find what is trueBut if you're going to stand with me then you have to concedeThat we all have a little more homework to do

Day turns to day, turns to day, turns to day turns today, turns todayYou get a little bit older, a little bit taller, a little bit better, a little bitDay turns to day, turns to day, turns to day turns todayAnd the days before all go too fast, you can't hold on - so you goDay turns, today turns, today turns, today turns, today turns, todayI'm a little bit older, a little bit stronger, a little bit smarter, a little bitDay turns, today turns, today turns, today turns, todayAnd the days ahead coming on so quickYou can't get out of the way, you keep runningDay turns, today turns, today turns, today turns, today turns, todayAnd I'm a little bit older, a little bit faster, a little bit closer, a little bitDay turns, today turns, today turns, today turns, to dayAnd the sky goes blue and the sky goes blackAnd no matter what you do you can't go backYou go day into day into day, day into day, into dayDay turns to day, turns to day, turns to day turns to day, turns todayAnd I've been looking in the back of the book for the answersHoping the bell wouldn't chimeAnd I'm not ready to put down my pencil just yetThere are too many answers that I didn't getI need a little less pressureAnd a little more timeI'm trying to follow, I am trying to leadI am trying to learn what is trueI am trying to be what you want and I need, and we all haveA little more homeworkWe all have a little more homeworkWe all have, a little more homework to doDay turns to day, turns to day, turns to day, turns to day(A little more homework to do)Day turns to day, turns to day, turns to day, turns to day(A little more homework to do)Day turns to day, turns to day, turns to day, turns to day(A little more homework to do)Day turns to day, turns to day, turns to day, turns to dayA little more homework to doDay turns to day, turns to day, turns to day, turns to dayTurns to daaaaay