The real Rick, miserable, wanted in the universe, kills at will, doesn't play by the rules of the game, but grandson Morty is his weakness. Also, he hated that he liked Morty. I have completely cleared this thought of my own. However, he is still very, very painful. Just as the lyrics sing. The bolded lyrics at the bottom are what I think best describes young Rick's mood.
In the bold text below, I have added translations and my own understanding.
My mind's a kaleidoscope, it thinks too fast Blurs all the colors 'til I can't see past The last mistake, the choice I made Staring in the mirror with myself to blame Sometimes I'm afraid of the thoughts inside Nowhere to hide inside my mind I'm scared that you'll compare and I'll look a lifetime past repair I second guess myself to death, I re-solicit every step What if my words are meaningless? What if my heart's misleading this?
The boldface translation is:
I'm afraid of people's comparisons, so I want to spend my life trying to fix it, and when I want to die for the second time, I reconsider every step, what if my words don't make sense? What if my heart is telling me the wrong direction?
In my opinion, rick is constantly questioning his own world view, maybe all of this is meaningless, comparisons between people, people's ignorant and low-level ideas, even if I spend my life, there is no way to really go Change. But what if I'm wrong? What if my words don't make sense? What if my heart leads me in the wrong direction?
At a young age, rick must understand that what he realizes, the cannibalistic universe and the meaningless existence of people may be different from most people, so he may fall into this kind of self-doubt (old age). rick, after all, time will make it clear to him) I try to capture every moment as it comes to me Bottle up the memories and let them keep me company When the hope of morning starts to fade in me I don't dare let darkness have its way with me And the hope of morning makes me worth the fight I will not be giving in tonight
When I'm old and grey, or thirty, or whatever happens first, I'll need you to reassure me I didn't waste a verse Or worse, what if my life's work is reduced to just myself Like never let you get a word in, while I dissect my mental health Or lack thereof, whatever, there's too many things to track I really can't remember if I'm insane or insomniac Now days, all the kids want crazy, wanna diagnose themselves Trade up made up epidemics, pass around prescription pills But my disorder can't be cured by a bottle, blade, or dose Self-disgust and selfishness tend to hold me awfully close But I don't wanna let you see that, I don't want my friends to know Self-disgust and selfishness take me everywhere I go
Translation, self-loathing and selfishness, kept suppressing me. But I don't want you to see it, and I don't want my friends to see it, self-loathing and selfish, following me wherever I go.
Here, I think it can also be understood as rick's recognition of the nature of his selfishness and self-loathing and the nature of the contradiction between the two and human society. He understands all this, but his knowledge can't make him an idealist, but can only continue to exist in reality.
When the hope of morning starts to fade in me I don't dare let darkness have its way with me And the hope of morning makes me worth the fight I will not be giving in tonight Try as I might to keep it together Why is recovery taking forever Fool the whole world, just until I get better I'm terrified I'll be faking forever
Translation: Do my best to align my worldview with the world (like rick's love for his daughter and morty), why is it taking so long to recover (probably the hurt he's suffered, whatever the nature of the world gives him) , or his selfishness to the world), deceive the whole world until I get better, I'm afraid I'll keep pretending to have the answers, but tonight I wish I did All the pain I can't explain away won't fade All the the secrets silenced by the shame Don't make me say it Don't make me say it Don't make me say it Don't make me say it Don't make me say it Don't make me say it Don't make me say it When the hope of morning starts to fade in me I don't dare let darkness have its way with me And the hope of morning makes me worth the fight I will not be giving in tonight
Refenrence: Hope of morning. lyrics, Ariel Bloomer, melody, Adam Kroshagen/Ariel Bloomer/Shawn Jump
I think this lyric describes Rick when he was young, he is too smart, he realizes that the universe is an animal, producing humans and all kinds of creatures in an infinite universe, just to eat them. And he doesn't care about it at all, because everything is meaningless to him. He has the ability to destroy, but not the ability to change this internal mechanism. this is the truth. But the song is a different style, because the hope of the morning will still come. And the people described in the song will never give in.
Sometimes philosophy is a scary thing. In the end, Rick and Morty is talking about cosmic nihilism, or a discussion of existentialism, but it only achieves this purpose through various jokes and satirical stories. Consider the ending of Nietzsche, the pioneer of postmodernism and existentialism. It is very easy to walk into the philosophical entanglement of existence, but it is also easy to come out. It is said that Kant can get rid of the entanglement. The divine book "Critique of Pure Reason" seems to be able to solve this problem. Of course, I want to sleep when I see Critique of Pure Reason now. It's now my bedtime reading, mind-blowing and hypnotic.
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