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I became accustomed to a kind of social servitude and no one, I mean no one, could accept what I had become.
Selfish, bitter, weak.
Enough to make you sick.
And lately, I've been feeling there are bits of life I'm stealing.
Get me home.
At times it seems I will not help but it's just that I must save myself from fear that blankets like mist, on an optimist who insists it's the simple things that crush, and I'm crying far too much, so much so that I'm thinking my control on life is shrinking.
There's a light on in my head and I'm thinking what I said.
All the freedom in my brain, I'm alright now, I'm just thinking what to say.
Sorry doesn't seem to wash when there's truths around that I have quashed and no one, I mean no one, can depress me more than I can.
So does that make me weak or should that make me sick ?
But lately I've been feeling that I'm gonna give up breathing.
There's a light on in my head and I'm thinking what I said.
All the fever in my brain, I'm alright now, I can even take the pain.
Selfish, bitter, weak.
Enough to make you sick.
And lately, I've been feeling there are bits of life I'm stealing.
Get me home.
All the freedom in my brain, I'm alright now, I'm just thinking what to say.
So does that make me weak or should that make me sick ?
But lately I've been feeling that I'm gonna give up breathing.
All the fever in my brain, I'm alright now, I can even take the pain.
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these lyrics perfectly illustrate feelings of inadequacy, guilt, and depression. i think the lyrics are pretty straightforward, so there's not really a need to decipher. but yeah, so simple and straightforward, yet so powerful. heartbreaking and amazing.
i LOVE this song! sends chills... all over! i havent rly tohught bout what theyre trying to say (shrug, why complicate beauty?) i cant beleive im the 1st to post a comment on this lush song! biily! no1 has any taste in beele music! :p
this song is way too sad. each time i listen to it i feel weaker its abt being absolutely powerless to ur life. nothings within ur control, not even u urself. and u start to feel disappointed in urself bcos of the vy instinctive protective measures that u r unable to perform for urself. the freedom in ur brain is the most dangerous weapon. this is abt depression. i had been there. and theres no song out there that illustrates it so well as this one does.
I think this song is definitely about a person going through a deep depression, but I also think it is optimistic in that it hints that he is climbing out of his depression.
"All the fever in my brain, I'm alright now, I can even take the pain."
Meaning that despite everything, he isn't going to give up because he's learning to take the pain. Even though life is hard and at times dreary it's not worth giving up.
It seems to sum up someone close to me before they committed suicide. The light on in the head is the incessant thoughts, turning over recent events. Selfish, bitter, weak was how they saw themselves after their first and second attempts - adding to their woes.
There is more I could add but I guess you can get the picture...
I love this song - reminds me of tougher times though. I like the last line 'I'm alright now I can even take the pain'.
It's interesting to see people with mixed views over whether this song is upbeat or downbeat.
It's clear it's about depression. I'd also add that's it's about Alun Woodward's depression rather than someone else's. I think that when the Delgados write about other people they write in the second person.
Personally I think the positiveness in the music and lyrics is genuine. I'd say the same about Alun's other songs on the album. They're optimistic in a fragile way. They're not the same as some of the wry, slightly bitter, songs on Hate.
The last lines in the choruses make it clear. I'm alright now, I can even take the pain. The worst has passed. Life is still difficult, but I can get through it.
@tiredstars I think it's right what you've said, it's about working through depression, I can particularly relate to those feelings of inadequacy he mentions. Better to admit them in the whole healing process to be able to move on. So, ultimately, optimistic I would say. great song anyhow, somebody actually singing about something real to them :) There's also stuff on Hate which deals with mental illness and problems like that, it's a very thoughtful and aware group I think.
@tiredstars I think it's right what you've said, it's about working through depression, I can particularly relate to those feelings of inadequacy he mentions. Better to admit them in the whole healing process to be able to move on. So, ultimately, optimistic I would say. great song anyhow, somebody actually singing about something real to them :) There's also stuff on Hate which deals with mental illness and problems like that, it's a very thoughtful and aware group I think.