Not As Good (Music Video)

I'm RainbowRager, but you can just call me Ethan.

Welcome to my channel! I am an artist/animator, and I create animations/drawn stories that I want to share with an audience. This channel is mainly a place where I get to express my creativity and to just be myself, because I'm way too insecure to talk about it in public because I have social anxiety.

My purpose on YouTube is to have fun and practice my artistic abilities. Fame and money is not important to me. I only really make these videos as my escape from the internet because it's a dangerous place.

Feel free to stick around! Or not. That's okay. I'm used to it.

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Welcome to my first upload of 2025! And my fourth (technically fifth, if you count both Truly Are songs) music video! This song was actually written back around June 2024, and I haven't been able to actually bring this song into full animation until now. A small tidbit of this song was actually featured in a previous Fantasy episode. It was episode 5, where Morgan sings the first verse of the song. That was meant to be a little teaser to the full song releasing several months later. And now it's here! The whole motif of this song is supposed to demonstrate how we often compare ourselves to others, thinking that we're 'not as good' as everyone else. It's something we commonly think about because we don't want others to think we're useless, dumb, or unimportant. We want to make ourselves feel valuable to others. However, we compare ourselves to others because we want to feel appreciated and talented like the rest, but sometimes, other people seem so much better than us, and it hurts. It's a dangerous habit but I know a lot of people (me included) have faced, which is why I wanted to make a song about it. As for the animation itself, two brothers Morgan (older) and Rowan (younger) are going through comparing themselves to each other. Everyone used to think that the two brothers hated each other, but that's most likely due to them not being able to communicate. Although Rowan is younger, he's always picked on his older brother, even when Morgan was trying to be nice. As they got older they separated, and both of them found their own passions and accomplishments, causing both of them to compare themselves to each other.

Lyrics
We’re here to serve different roles
No one’s better than anyone else
Many ways to be at peace
There’s no need to know who’s happy

Life has many meanings
Goals won’t be the same
Having one less of something
Doesn’t mean you’re nothing

They’re better than me
I know they are
I’m better than I think
I just can’t believe it’s true

Why do I think I’m not as good?
Each of us have bad days
We’ve all cried to sleep one night
They know it
But they don’t want to show it

Why do I think I’m not as good?
Each of us aren’t perfect
We’ve all dealt with tough problems
They know it
But they don’t want to show it

We create and shape our own lives
Our passions, our fears, our strengths are not the same
Some are good, while some are bad
No matter what, we can’t do everything

Don’t believe everyone’s a winner
We all think we’re a loser
Despite what you say about yourself
It’s not any different from myself

They’re better than me
I know they are
I’m better than I think
I just can’t believe it’s true

Why do I think I’m not as good?
Each of us have bad days
We’ve all cried to sleep one night
They know it
But they don’t want to show it

Why do I think I’m not as good?
Each of us aren’t perfect
We’ve all dealt with tough problems
They know it
But they don’t want to show it

My weakness is someone’s strength
My strength is someone’s weakness
Stop thinking one is better

My love is someone’s hate
My hate is someone’s love
That’s who we are, no one can be you

Why do I think I’m not as good?
Each of us have bad days
We’ve all cried to sleep one night
They know it
But they don’t want to show it

Why do I think I’m not as good?
Each of us aren’t perfect
We’ve all dealt with tough problems
They know it
But they don’t want to show it

Why do I think I’m not as good?
No one is perfect
No one is perfect
We’re all as good