This is a hauntingly beautiful song about introspection, specifically about looking back at a relationship that started bad and ended so poorly, that the narrator wants to go back to the very beginning and tell himself to not even travel down that road. I believe that the relationship started poorly because of the lines:
"Take me back to the night we met:When the night was full of terrors: And your eyes were filled with tears: When you had not touched me yet"
So, the first night was not a great start, but the narrator pursued the relationship and eventually both overcame the rough start to fall in love with each other:
"I had all and then most of you"
Like many relationships that turn sour, it was not a quick decline, but a gradual one where the narrator and their partner fall out of love and gradually grow apart
"Some and now none of you"
Losing someone who was once everything in your world, who you could confide in, tell your secrets to, share all the most intimate parts of your life, to being strangers with that person is probably one of the most painful experiences a person can go through. So Painful, the narrator wants to go back in time and tell himself to not even pursue the relationship.
This was the perfect song for "13 Reasons Why"
Hoo-hoo-hoo-hoo-hoo
I ain't happy, I'm feeling glad
I got sunshine in a bag
I'm useless, but not for long
The future is coming on
I ain't happy, I'm feeling glad
I got sunshine in a bag
I'm useless, but not for long
The future is coming on
It's coming on
It's coming on
It's coming on
Yeah
Finally, someone let me out of my cage
Now time for me is nothing 'cause I'm counting no age
Now I couldn't be there
Now you shouldn't be scared
I'm good at repairs
And I'm under each snare
Intangible
Bet you didn't think so I command you to
Panoramic view
Look, I'll make it all manageable
Pick and choose
Sit and lose
All you different crews
Chicks and dudes
Who you think is really kickin' tunes?
Picture you gettin' down in a picture tube
Like you lit the fuse
You think it's fictional?
Mystical? Maybe
Spiritual
Hero who appears in you to clear your view when you're too crazy
Lifeless
To those the definition for what life is
Priceless
To you because I put you on the hype shit
You like it?
Gun smokin' righteous with one toke
You're psychic among those
Possess you with one go
I ain't happy, I'm feeling glad
I got sunshine in a bag
I'm useless, but not for long
The future is coming on
I ain't happy, I'm feeling glad
I got sunshine in a bag
I'm useless, but not for long
The future (that's right) is coming on
It's coming on
It's coming on
It's coming on
It's coming on
The essence, the basics
Without it, you make it?
Allow me to make this
Childlike in nature
Rhythm
You have it or you don't, that's a fallacy
I'm in them
Every sprouting tree
Every child of peace
Every cloud and sea
You see with your eyes
I see destruction and demise (that's right)
Corruption in disguise
From this fuckin' enterprise
Now I'm sucked into your lies
Through Russel, not his muscles but percussion he provides
For me as a guide
Y'all can see me now 'cause you don't see with your eye
You perceive with your mind
That's the inner
So I'ma stick around with Russ and be a mentor
Bust a few rhymes so motherfuckers remember where the thought is
I brought all this
So you can survive when law is lawless (right here)
Feelings, sensations that you thought was dead
No squealing, remember that it's all in your head
I ain't happy, I'm feeling glad
I got sunshine in a bag
I'm useless, but not for long
The future is coming on
I ain't happy, I'm feeling glad
I got sunshine in a bag
I'm useless, but not for long
My future is coming on
It's coming on
It's coming on
It's coming on
It's coming on
My future is coming on
It's coming on
It's coming on
It's coming on
It's coming on
My future is coming on
It's coming on
It's coming on
It's coming on
It's coming on
My future is coming on
It's coming on
It's coming on
My future is coming on
It's coming on
It's coming on
My future is coming on
It's coming on
It's coming on
My future
I ain't happy, I'm feeling glad
I got sunshine in a bag
I'm useless, but not for long
The future is coming on
I ain't happy, I'm feeling glad
I got sunshine in a bag
I'm useless, but not for long
The future is coming on
It's coming on
It's coming on
It's coming on
Yeah
Finally, someone let me out of my cage
Now time for me is nothing 'cause I'm counting no age
Now I couldn't be there
Now you shouldn't be scared
I'm good at repairs
And I'm under each snare
Intangible
Bet you didn't think so I command you to
Panoramic view
Look, I'll make it all manageable
Pick and choose
Sit and lose
All you different crews
Chicks and dudes
Who you think is really kickin' tunes?
Picture you gettin' down in a picture tube
Like you lit the fuse
You think it's fictional?
Mystical? Maybe
Spiritual
Hero who appears in you to clear your view when you're too crazy
Lifeless
To those the definition for what life is
Priceless
To you because I put you on the hype shit
You like it?
Gun smokin' righteous with one toke
You're psychic among those
Possess you with one go
I ain't happy, I'm feeling glad
I got sunshine in a bag
I'm useless, but not for long
The future is coming on
I ain't happy, I'm feeling glad
I got sunshine in a bag
I'm useless, but not for long
The future (that's right) is coming on
It's coming on
It's coming on
It's coming on
It's coming on
The essence, the basics
Without it, you make it?
Allow me to make this
Childlike in nature
Rhythm
You have it or you don't, that's a fallacy
I'm in them
Every sprouting tree
Every child of peace
Every cloud and sea
You see with your eyes
I see destruction and demise (that's right)
Corruption in disguise
From this fuckin' enterprise
Now I'm sucked into your lies
Through Russel, not his muscles but percussion he provides
For me as a guide
Y'all can see me now 'cause you don't see with your eye
You perceive with your mind
That's the inner
So I'ma stick around with Russ and be a mentor
Bust a few rhymes so motherfuckers remember where the thought is
I brought all this
So you can survive when law is lawless (right here)
Feelings, sensations that you thought was dead
No squealing, remember that it's all in your head
I ain't happy, I'm feeling glad
I got sunshine in a bag
I'm useless, but not for long
The future is coming on
I ain't happy, I'm feeling glad
I got sunshine in a bag
I'm useless, but not for long
My future is coming on
It's coming on
It's coming on
It's coming on
It's coming on
My future is coming on
It's coming on
It's coming on
It's coming on
It's coming on
My future is coming on
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My future is coming on
It's coming on
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My future is coming on
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My future is coming on
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It's coming on
My future
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Clint Eastwood Lyrics as written by Teren Devlon Jones Damon Albarn
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Alright. I'm not a huge supporter of drug culture. Regardless, I think it's hard to deny that the lyrics of this song make references to smoking marijuana. Listen to other songs on the album. Track 17 starts with the sound of a lighter and a bubbling bong. 'Clint Eastwood' is an awesome song, but don't try to attribute innocence where it isn't due. In short... yeah, it probably has to do with using drugs.
Absolutely right - to a point.<br /> <br /> You have to look at whose singing it, and as perceived from the Gorillaz universe, who's writing the lyrics.<br /> <br /> 2-D (lead vocals) suffers from chronic headaches and migraines. I believe the song was not only a reference to drug use in general, but to his medication being his only solution, the thing he is ultimately dependent on just to live from today to tomorrow.<br /> <br /> Much of this song is character driven. Even the "rap portion" of this song, while obviously containing deeper meaning, frequently addresses Russel (the drummer) whose body the ghost (whom is rapping) he inhabits. <br /> <br /> So yes, definitely drug use with some deeper lessons to be spotted throughout, but from the characters' personal lives, too.<br /> <br /> :)
Not drugs.<br /> <br /> The video and song name is a reference to the famous western starring actor Clint Eastwood, The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly. The yell from the film's theme song can be heard at the beginning of the video. Closeups of the bandmember's faces are featured throughout the video, something that is used often in spaghetti westerns. Midway through the film, Del summons a graveyard from the ground, which is a reference to the ending of The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly. Although often mistaken for referring to drugs such as marijuana, LSD, or mushrooms, the song's famous chorus, "I ain't happy, I'm feeling glad. I got sunshine in a bag", is actually a reference to the money in the bag Clint Eastwood's character rides off with at the end of the film.
I understand where you get the whole drug thing. I do not think this song's complete meaning ends with drugs. It may tie in though. "You see destruction and demise, corruption in disguise, From this f***ing enterprise, now I'm sucking to your lies" Those lines to me describe a corrupt government and the drugs seem like a tool used by them to "subdue" or control the people. Basically brainwashing people so that they dont even consider other options.
MartinWIthers, I get how you got the movie references from the song title...but this song has a lot of reggae influence to it, so I always thought the song title was a reference to either the album "Clint Eastwood" by the Upsetters or to the reggae DJ by the same name.<br /> <br /> Even though it may not be the ENTIRE meaning to the song, theres absolutely zero denying the song is partly about weed. When Del is rapping you can hear the sound of someone taking a toke off a joint, then right after he says "With one toke your psychic"(at least thats what I've read on other lyric sites"<br /> <br /> "Sunshine in a bag" is another thing that just made me thing of pot, since it always comes in baggies.
"the essence the basic, without it you make it", without marijuana/other drug actually you can feel the sensation and see the spiritual guider that it's all in your head, so when the law is lawless you can remember that.
In response to psilocybintendancies:<br /> <br /> I think that part may be more in reference to the govenment's shitty marijuana policies and stuff.
In response to psilocybintendancies:<br /> <br /> I think that part may be more in reference to the govenment's shitty marijuana policies and stuff.
Although drugs are considered bad and I do not condone the use of drugs, this is not about marijuana. However, this is more related to the psychedelic DMT. This is a natural occurring chemical in humans and plants, however, very illegal. They reference "sunshine in a bag" which refers to its color, whitish-yellow, or straight yellow, bought in little baggies. "Gunsmokin' righteous with one toke, psychic with one go, posses you among those": one hit of DMT will make you trip, hard. You learn alot about yourself and the world you live in, with your inner 'guide' leading you. <br /> <br /> You can argue about drugs and whatnot, but talk to someone who has experienced a DMT trip and they could tell you these lyrics are spot on. To know what the definition of life is? Priceless for you, because I put you on the hype shit. You like it?
Uderp is spot on
this is not about drugs. This is them simply saying that all the things we have today are prostetic happiness. "i aint happy, im feeling glad, i got sunshine in a bag" in one of clint eastwoods movies he looks into a bag full of gold and calls it sunshine in a bag. This is them saying money controls us and makes us think we are happy when we arent, therefore being only glad. THey names the song clint eastwood so people could have a definite understanding of what they meant by sunshine in a bag...so technically it has nothing to do with him. This is just my opinion however.
@Stabone4 The song is a series of clues for anyone who is seeking greater meaning in their life. It is packed full of references to Carl Jung in relation to the psychology of the unconscious. See The Transcendent Function: Jung's Model of Psychological Growth.<br /> <br /> The transcendent function is the core of Carl Jung’s theory of psychological growth and the heart of what he called individuation, the process by which one is guided in a teleological way toward the person one is meant to be.<br /> <br /> For a deep dive journey into the unconscious process, read The Red Book or for a shortcut overview and introduction to the idea, read Lecture 4 in the book, Introduction to Jungian Psychology.<br /> <br /> It's easy to mistake the meaning of this song as relating to drug use especially since it takes one on a journey beyond the range of normal or physical human experience. But if you familiarise yourself with Jung's work, you'll see precicely what I mean.