I feel like hell, you feel like dancing,
You know this bar curtains a world.
Those empty bottles, like sentinels,
Stand guard in the morning sun.

Then the lights go down
And all the people gather round
And you feel you are a skeleton jar
Oh yeah.

Be like the brother I never had,
Be like a real son to my dad.
How can you stand there and watch this
Scene, I hate you for liking me.

Why am I so miserable if these are the best
Years of my life goes like a train I just
Missed out on being part of the community
'don't go just stay with me' were all that
They heard from me.

Love me don't leave me just stay with me
Don't leave me I've never known another
Who could just please me the way that you
Please me don't go just stay with don't go
Just stay with were all that they heard
From me.


Lyrics submitted by mattd23

Skeleton Jar Lyrics as written by William Toby Martin

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    I agree with mattd23 that this is from the POV of a depressed person who feels they've let down their parents (the "real son to my dad" part). It's all adressed to his partner who apparently is not as down as him (the opening lines suggest this), and he seems bitter that they are in a better mindset, and he feels undeserving of their affection

    electricoceanon March 04, 2006   Link

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