Plotting an escape from home in search of love and adventure is the focus of the rebel charmer’s CIAB. Beginning with

You either die a hero or live long enough to see yourself become the villain.

The quote sets the tone for the listener – live young and grab life with two hands or eventually whither as you make enough bad decisions that you are hated. The music begins with Roar by Katie Perry. It provides defiant sound:

I guess that I forgot I had a choice,

I let you push me past the breaking point,

You held me down, but I got up.

A muffled lyric where the bass is removed I see it all, I see it now, allows for the song teen to crank up the volume

I got the eye of the tiger,

a fighter Dancing through the fire

‘Cause I am a champion,

you’re gonna hear me ROAR,

Louder, louder than a lion,

you’re gonna hear me, ROAR.

The song beautifully captures the teen’s longing to venture into the world independently. It then transitions into a hauntingly slow ballad, punctuated by the gentle embrace of piano melodies, deepening the journey’s emotional resonance. (Lost Boy by Ruth B).

Where his only friend was the

Man in the, Moon,

And even sometimes he would go away, too.

Continuing with:

‘Run, run, Lost Boy,’

they say to me,

‘Away from all of reality’

Neverland is home to Lost Boys like me are free

The rebel charmer adds the echo on free to ensure the listener does not miss how important becoming independent is for them. The Peter Pan metaphor in the song suggests the Peter Pan Syndrome, where men behave like boys. 

The next song Numb Little Bug by Em Beihold begins with the quiet, muffled effect without treble –

Do you ever get a little bit tired of life 

Like you’re not really happy but you don’t wanna die 

Like you’re hanging by a thread but you gotta survive 

‘Cause you gotta survive 

Like your body’s in the room but you’re not really there

Like you have empathy inside but you don’t really care 

Like you’re fresh outta love but it’s been in the air 

Here, the rebel charmer is expressing the dullness of their past. How one day blends into another and another. The lyrics deceive the listener, as the music is a bouncy, happy song with piano and a clapping rhythm. 

The next song, Electric Love by Børns kicks off with an infectious energy that really captures the excitement of first love and new experiences. The song has lively lyrics and a catchy drumbeat that makes you want to dance. As a teen, it is impossible not to think of the music video for the song as you listen. The video starts with naked women dancing around a fire in the woods and moves into the image of the singer coming forward to start – an adrogynous young man with long hair, short, sparkly dress hiked up. He sings:

Candy, she’s sweet like candy in my veins 

Baby, I’m dying for another taste 

And every night my mind is running around her 

Thunder’s getting louder and louder 

Baby, you’re like lightning in a bottle 

I can’t let you go now that I got it 

And all I need is to be struck 

By your electric love 

Baby, your electric love (ah) 

Electric love (ah-ah)

Candy, she’s sweet like candy in my veins 

Baby, I’m dying for another taste 

And every night my mind is running around her 

Thunder’s getting louder and louder 

Baby, you’re like lightning in a bottle 

I can’t let you go now that I got it 

And all I need is to be struck 

By your electric love 

Baby, your electric love (ah) 

Electric love (ah-ah)

The sexuality of the song is palpable. Many listeners suggest the song is about romance and the spark of first love, but it’s hard to disguise its sexual imagery and sexuality.