| Concrete Blonde – Someday? Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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I love this song! It was the first song I ever heard by CB. Now I'm also into "Joey". Both seem to describe my relationship with my alcoholic husband. I know he tries to curb the drinking, and I try to be compassionate, but it all falls apart. We love each other so much and can't imagine a life apart, but it gets harder to stay together all the time. That is what I believe this song is about. Wanting to fight to make it work, but feeling like it is a losing battle. I do believe that there should be one correction in this song. The line "Is it easy, easy baby?" should be "Is it easy, is it baby?". |
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| Concrete Blonde – Joey Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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I am living this song right now in my life. My husband is a wonderful caring man, but when he drinks he becomes a different person. I can't stand to be around him when he drinks, and I get angry at him for drinking. I have been to Al-Anon, which tries to teach you compassion for the drinker. It helped for a minute, but because of my own circumstances, it wasn't the whole solution. So here we try and try, and keep ending up in the same argument. I get angry, then it turns to hurt and sadness, and eventually forgiveness. This song describes it to a tee. There is one line that I think needs correcting though. "I've got some money" I believe is really "I've got THE money". It makes more sense. I think saying "I've got some..." sounds like a perv offering a little kid candy, like a lure. The whole money thing could be numerous situations, but alcoholic seem to get into trouble at times, and may need money to get out of it. One example, he got paid, went on a binge and lost his whole paycheck. Another is he lost his job, and can't pay the rent, so he went out on a binge, and may do something rash, so that is why she says "don't get crazy". Well anyways, this is a very moving song for anyone who is really close to an alcoholic and the challenges of loving them despite their illness, and yes it is an illness. |
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