Broken Boy Lyrics - Cage The Elephant

Song Facts:

Album: Featured in the soundtrack for the "Invincible (TV Series)".
Genre: "Broken Boy" by Cage The Elephant has an alternative and indie style of classic, if not typically classic. The usage of energetic guitar riffs and vocal inflection by the band brings out this style perfectly well.
Annotations and Meaning:
A visceral portrait of a broken being with a broken boy, grappling with the inside plight, and the broken boy is a song "Broken Boy" by Cage The Elephant. Basically, the song discusses the themes of alienation, suffering, and search for self in the world, innately hostile.

From the very opening, the line "I was born on the wrong side of the train tracks / I was raised with a strap across my back" literally sets a mood of adversities born into, faced with harsh realities since birth. This sets the tone for struggle and resilience, only picturing a life full of challenges and society's exclusion.

The references to "burned by the cold kiss of a vampire" and "bit by the whisper of a soft liar" tend to indicate betrayal metaphorically, linking pain to being "burned" from trusting something or someone who easily could be a user. These lines capture the feeling of disillusionment and the scars left by emotional wounds.

Central to the song is the chorus "broken boy, how does it feel?" as a rhetorical question to the very essence of the song, dealing with the themes of identity and brokenness.

It's a plea to empathize with understanding: to notice the pain and strength from feeling split by experience.

In this regard, the line "I'm an alien, I'm just an alien" continues to underscore the theme of alienation, feeling of being fundamentally different, or out of place—perhaps in one's skin or environment. This declaration of otherness serves well in expressing in powerful form the isolation and estrangement that may come with feelings of not belonging. "Broken Boy" confronts the listener with the rawness of its narrative, demanding due attention to the lived reality of being the one to navigate life, feeling always on the outskirts. "The song itself captures, in its evacular composition and lyrics, the very essence of the human condition for so many: seeking meaning and a sense of belonging from a world that seems so often indifferent to them. A poignant anthem for the displaced, one that offers solidarity and recognition to those bearing the title "broken boy" like some sort of defeatist tag—one to be worn as testimony to spirit and complexity."