Overall about difficult moments of disappointment and vulnerability. Having hope and longing, while remaining optimistic for the future. Encourages the belief that with each new morning there is a chance for things to improve.
The chorus offers a glimmer of optimism and a chance at a resolution and redemption in the future.
Captures the rollercoaster of emotions of feeling lost while loving someone who is not there for you, feeling let down and abandoned while waiting for a lover. Lost with no direction, "Now I'm up in the air with the rain in my hair, Nowhere to go, I can go anywhere"
The bridge shows signs of longing and a plea for companionship. The Lyrics express a desire for authentic connection and the importance of Loving someone just as they are. "Just in passing, I'm not asking. That you be anyone but you”
They say misery loves company
We could start a company and make misery
Frustrated, Incorporated
I know just what you need
I might just have the thing
I know what you'd pay to see
Put me out of my misery
I'd do it for you, would you do it for me?
We will always be busy making misery
We could build a factory
And make misery
We'll create the cure
We made the disease
Frustrated, Incorporated
Frustrated, Incorporated
I know just what you need
I might just have the thing
I know what you'd pay to feel
Put me out of my misery
All you suicide kings and you drama queens
Forever after happily, making misery
Now, did you satisfy your greed?
Get what you need?
Was it only envy?
So empty
Frustrated, Incorporated
Frustrated, Incorporated
Frustrated, Incorporated (put me out of my misery)
Frustrated, Incorporated (I'd do it for you, would you do it for me?)
Frustrated, Frustrated, Frustrated
He's sitting
We could start a company and make misery
Frustrated, Incorporated
I know just what you need
I might just have the thing
I know what you'd pay to see
Put me out of my misery
I'd do it for you, would you do it for me?
We will always be busy making misery
We could build a factory
And make misery
We'll create the cure
We made the disease
Frustrated, Incorporated
Frustrated, Incorporated
I know just what you need
I might just have the thing
I know what you'd pay to feel
Put me out of my misery
All you suicide kings and you drama queens
Forever after happily, making misery
Now, did you satisfy your greed?
Get what you need?
Was it only envy?
So empty
Frustrated, Incorporated
Frustrated, Incorporated
Frustrated, Incorporated (put me out of my misery)
Frustrated, Incorporated (I'd do it for you, would you do it for me?)
Frustrated, Frustrated, Frustrated
He's sitting
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No no no. This is a song about the music industry, specifically the rock scene how it was in 1995, after Nirvana. What were bands like Soul Asylum doing but exploiting their own misery and selling it to poor unhappy teens? Pain and angst were really popular at the time. To underline the point, I believe the music video was a factory boxing up a whole bunch of Soul Asylum CDs.
Further more, the song is about its about Nirvana, Kurt Cobain and Courtney Love. Kurt pulled the trigger in April 94, the song came out in June 95.<br /> Lets review; <br /> "Frustrated, Incorporated" - Nirvana and the whole Grunge scene<br /> "Well I know just what you need, I might just have the thing, I know what you'd pay to see" - Kurt<br /> "We could build a factory and make misery, We'll create the cure; we made the disease" Grunge and the record industry<br /> "Suicide kings and drama queens" - Kurt and Courtney<br />
you are absolutely right. the part where he says I know what you'd pay to feel<br /> <br /> Put me out of my misery<br /> All you suicide kings and you drama queens<br /> Who will pay? its us the fans who pay for the music.<br /> I always listened to this as a "love" song where I used to relate it to my ex girl friend who was always "making misery"<br /> Damn after 20 years I realized the true meaning of the song. Well its just an example of how one can intepret these "miserable" songs to be miserable.