Holding doors was a sign of chivalry and overall kindness, but in the past decades it has turned into a social convention that frequently creates awkward situations. This song breaks it down lyrically.
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Story behind the song
The problem at hand is that people often have trouble assessing the situation. The key factor to analyze is distance and speed. It?s the same with driving; if someone is a specific distance away and traveling at a certain speed, it may be unsafe to try to pull into traffic.
In every door holding scenario there is a holder and a holdee (sometimes multiple). There is always a point of initial contact, which in some cases, can be a point of no return. When you acknowledge and/or presume that the approaching person is indeed planning on entering the same door as you, there is often a moment where the two potential holders make eye contact.
This non-verbal communication initiates a competition that, under certain circumstances, will cause the other person to speed up or slow down their stride in order to have you hold the door for them.
Lyrics
Everyday
No matter who you are
Or where you?re going
There?s always something in your way
Used to be
Chivalrous/now an obli-friggin-gation
Holding doors leads to awkward situations
Depending on the other persons vicinity
Determines how fast you walk at a given speed
You can slow up/and they?ll hold it fa-yew
But if you both approach/you don?t know what to do
Don?t look back/?. no remorse
When you let it go or close the doors
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but what do you do when it comes to chicks
Don?t hold the door if they?re under a six
Sad/but true/Unless they?re old
You?ll be waiting forever kuz they?re extra slow
If the person is holding something?.you can
Hold the door/if it requires two hands
If I don?t hold the door for ya/don?t be mad at me
Kuz I prefer doors that open Automatically
Really?I mean
Why don?t they have automatic doors in every building?
Wouldn?t it make life so much easier for everyone?
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What about when
there?s double doors
and you hold one door
and the person u hold it for goes out the other door?
hahahha
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that?s funny to me
but what?s even funnier
is they?re walking parallel to the door
and you go out of your way to hold it
and they aren?t even going in the same building as you
hahaha
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