Knock Me Off My Feet Lyrics - Soak

Song Facts:

• Genre: Indie Pop/Rock


• Featured on: Invincible (TV Series) Soundtrack


• Lyricist: Bridie Monds-Watson (SOAK)

Annotations and Meaning:

The musical piece "Knock Me Off My Feet" by SOAK is something like an anthem of resiliency and self-will with a background of a little neighborhood. The track is a mixture of nostalgic reminiscences with a statement about personal strength, reflecting the artist's manner toward self-recognition and survival.
The song begins with the singer reflecting on his efforts to rise above the limitation set for him by his environment. "I've always done the best I could / To get out of my neighbourhood" sums up the basic desire universally to rise above one's circumstances. Mentioning the spilt blood points at the sacrifices, the struggles made along the way, and still, against all odds, there lies a deep connection in the root of it all: "You're still my home / You stay within my bones."

Saturday night takes on the running theme of escapism and rebellion of youth, complete with bright imagery of fireworks and the local bars providing what could only be called "small-town life." There are moments in which all that glee, high spirits, and daredevilry are touched with something much sadder: a kind of defiant sense of something lost, something thrown away, expressed here in the disillusioned cry "You let us down! What for?"

Herein, the weight of resilience in the chorus lies through the words: "You can you can knock me off my feet / But I won't stop now." This determined chant not to be put off come what may in whatever kind of opposition or discouragement further sums up the song. Again, this chorus just reiterates the spirit; the strong artist does not want to be pulled down and does not want to admit defeat.

The song itself speaks of alienation and change, as the artist struggles with feelings of being different and misunderstood, as he says, "Maybe it's all in my brain / People don't look at me the same." A strong root with such alienating emotions keeps them, with a resolute defiant resolve to move on.