I'm just walking along,
stuck in a song.
Whistling thusly.
Stereotypical life.
Kids and a wife.
Three of them, plus me.
Neil's inspiration is thin.
Thin as a pin.
There isn't much to me.
So I'm just walking along,
stuck in a song.
Happily gloomy.

Break it off.
Break it off.
Take me out.
Don't let the melody fake me out.
Break it off.
Break it off.
Take me out.
Don't let the melody fake me out.

I don't even have a name.
This brings me shame.
I'm so diminished.
I know all songs have an end.
I could pretend
this one is finished.
I guess both ways I am screwed.
Maybe if you'd
do me a favor.
If this track's on a CD
Skip it for me.
You'd be my savior.

Break it off.
Break it off.
Take me out.
Don't let the melody fake me out.
Break it off.
Break it off.
Take me out.
Don't let the melody fake me out.


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    I think this song is about someone who feels as though life has only thrown things at him, and he blames Neil for his existence. (He wrote the song, after all.)

    blindfoldon December 04, 2005   Link
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    I wish I had this song back. I miss it so much. It's such a nice song.

    blindfoldon December 13, 2005   Link
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    I don't think it's about someone blaming Neil for his problems... it really sounds like a song complaining that it's not finished.

    Homepieon December 25, 2005   Link
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    I think neil is just trying to show what the life a somone made sololy for a song is like.

    schaferhundon January 08, 2006   Link
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    Maybe Neil couldn't had a long period of writers block, so he came up with a song about not having anything to write a song about?

    caynon January 15, 2007   Link
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    OK, take out the first couldn't in that comment I put up, then you'll have it.

    caynon January 15, 2007   Link
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    someone stuck in a song

    Baguetteon July 19, 2009   Link

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