Falling For the First Time- Barenaked Ladies

"Falling For The First Time"

I'm so cool, too bad I'm a loser
I'm so smart, too bad I can't get anything figured out
I'm so brave, too bad I'm a baby
I'm so fly, that's probably why it
Feels just like I'm falling for the first time

I'm so green, it's really amazing
I'm so clean, too bad I can't get all the dirt off of me.
I'm so sane, it's driving me crazy
It's so strange, I can't believe it
Feels just like I'm falling for the first time

Anyone perfect must be lying, anything easy has its cost
Anyone plain can be lovely, anyone loved can be lost
What if I lost my direction? What if I lost sense of time?
What if I nursed this infection? Maybe the worst is behind
It feels just like I'm falling for the first time
It feels just like I'm falling for the first time

I'm so chill, no wonder it's freezing
I'm so still, I just can't keep my fingers out of anything
I'm so thrilled to finally be failing
I'm so done, turn me over cause it
Feels just like I'm falling for the first time

Anything plain can be lovely, anything loved can be lost
Maybe I lost my direction, what if our love is the cost?
Anyone perfect must be lying, anything easy has its cost
Anyone plain can be lovely, anyone loved can be lost
What if I lost my direction? What if I lost sense of time?
What if I nursed this infection? Maybe the worst is behind

This song, 'Falling for the First Time' by Barenaked Ladies uses a lot of binary oppositions. For example, "I'm so cool, too bad I'm a loser", "I'm so smart, too bad I can't get anything figured out" and "I'm so brave, too bad I'm a baby" are all phrases that clearly display binary opposition.  I think the binary opposition is used to show the confusion of falling in love and the confusing feelings that the speakers is having.  The song also uses the words "I" and "I'm" many times throughout the lyrics, emphasizing that the story is from the first person point of view and that it is solely about this one side of the love.  The word "love" is also repeated many times throughout the song because it is a song about falling in love and this repetition emphasizes that.  The lyrics of the song are overall very contradictory and show a lot of confusion in the speaker, as well as a sense of love.