Story Behind The Song
I'd been suffering a long drought from writing as a result of wacked out situations I found myself in. After finally being settled in one place for a couple months, staying at my old rugby coach's house, I was alone one night on the couch and this song came out. It captures all the hopelessness and regret I felt about certain things, but I was able to put it with a peppy melody and make it sound fun!
Song Description
You work hard but then find out there's a lot left to do. Why me?? You still haven't achieved anything significant in your life, trying to be something you're not. Why me?? You have an addiction you can't shake and everyone knows about it. How'd this happen?? You're gonna die someday - ME?? As these situations are considered and pushed aside, there's this breakthrough, some sunshine, and you can see it all clearly, at least for a little while.
| Song Length |
4:07 |
Genre |
Rock - Alternative, Rock - Punk |
| Tempo |
Fast (151 - 170) |
Lead Vocal |
Female Vocal |
| Mood |
Restless, Frenzied |
Subject |
Existence, I, Me, Mine |
| Similar Artists |
Green Day, Modest Mouse |
Language |
English |
| Era |
2000 and later |
| |
Lyrics
You've come so far, you think you're done
Well bless your heart, we've only just begun
Oh darlin
How can that be?
Still lots to prove, more ground to cover
More rocks to move from one pile to the other
Oh darlin
Is this happening to me?
You're so humble, you democrat
Pride makes you stumble, a clumsy acrobat
Oh darlin
Now how could that be?
Familiar voices, you turn and squint
Those unwise choices, they found my fingerprints
Oh darlin
Why's this happening to me?
WELL I JUST SAW THE END OF MY NOSE
FOR THE FIRST TIME
AND I'M JUST NOW FEELIN THE WARMTH
OF THE SUNSHINE
And it looks so good to me
Yeah it looks so good to me
To me
To me
Let's get to learnin, activity
My hands are burnin with compulsivity
Oh darlin
Now why would that be?
Try to behave and join the chorus
Echoes the cave where I lost my thesaurus
Oh darlin
Why'd that happen to me?
WELL I JUST SAW THE END OF MY NOSE
FOR THE FIRST TIME
AND I'M JUST NOW FEELIN THE WARMTH
OF THE SUNSHINE
And it looks so good to me
Yeah it looks so good to me
To me
To me
Well real life ain't on a station
He spoke my name the hour of my creation
Yeah darlin
He let it be
I'm getting old, my bones are brittle
It was foretold, I'd die in a hospital
Oh darlin
Will that happen to me??
WELL I JUST SAW THE END OF MY NOSE
FOR THE FIRST TIME
AND I'M JUST NOW FEELIN THE WARMTH
OF THE SUNSHINE
And it looks so good to me
Yeah it looks so good to me
That sun feels so warm to me
To me
To me