| Frightened Rabbit – An Otherwise Disappointing Life Lyrics | 4 years ago |
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Stick with me on this one... We all know that Scott was a drinker... I personally think this song is Scott singing not to alcohol itself, but to drunkenness. When he says OTHERWISE disappointing life I don't think he means his life wouldn't be disappointing if he hadn't started drinking. I think he means it is disappointing when he isn't drunk. It's like a love song and a thankyou to drunkenness for taking away his pain. "I don't need water I just want to wave goodbye, goodbye To an otherwise disappointing life" (using alcohol to forget his problems/pain) "I took a pain pill to scrape a hole we could both get lost in And cover love's bruise" (any drinker knows that painkillers thin your blood meaning you get drunk quicker, and what covers the pain of heartbreak better than alcohol?) "I have a long list of tepid disappointments And you should burn that too" (Asking alcohol to help him forget all his regrets.) "In the hollow chapel suffering the silence you're the choir That sings this otherwise disappointing life back to life" (His body is the chapel, being drunk is the choir singing him back to life) |
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