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Portrait of a Cigarette Smoker at 19 Lyrics
I used to be a stereotype
Half alive with half open eyes
With a one track mind
And a flawed design
Feeling like I was lost
At sea at only the age of 19
Floating around in alcohol and apathy
Taking in too much caffeine and nicotine
If we make it out of here alive
Just say you won't look back to see
Just who we left behind
We're all doing just fine
We were always the ones laughing last
We were never the ones looking back
We were always the ones to say that
We're all doing just fine
I used to be a stereotype
Someone you'd never recognize
With fingers so yellow
That it matched the yellow skies
And there was a few things I memorized
From all those blurry times
Like bottles clinking under blinking signs
And a few last words from lost friend of mine
If we make it out of here alive
Just say you won't look back to see
Just who we left behind
We're all doing just fine
We were always the ones laughing last
We were never the ones looking back
We were always the ones to say that
We're all going just fine
Words to live by
We're doing fine
Half alive with half open eyes
With a one track mind
And a flawed design
Feeling like I was lost
At sea at only the age of 19
Floating around in alcohol and apathy
Taking in too much caffeine and nicotine
If we make it out of here alive
Just say you won't look back to see
Just who we left behind
We were always the ones laughing last
We were never the ones looking back
We were always the ones to say that
We're all doing just fine
Someone you'd never recognize
With fingers so yellow
That it matched the yellow skies
And there was a few things I memorized
From all those blurry times
Like bottles clinking under blinking signs
And a few last words from lost friend of mine
Just say you won't look back to see
Just who we left behind
We were always the ones laughing last
We were never the ones looking back
We were always the ones to say that
We're all going just fine
We're doing fine
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these lyrics arent correct anymore... they're the draft version
these lyrics arent correct anymore... they're the draft version
ahhh, its kinda sad...as a smoker...this kinda makes me see...oh well, i dont care if i kill myself...ill probably get hit by a car anyway
fuck ups and fall downs
pretty obvious what this means. it's a good message, it's stuff like this that anti-smoking campaigns should use because everyone would love the song. Less Than Jake can always be counted on for amazing lyrics.
It's not an anti-smoking song. It's just describing what its like to be at this age, when it seems that nothing matters and your frustrations just build to the point where there's nothing left to do than get drunk and smoke off a pack or two. I've been there and I've felt this. Although I despise the musical direction that LTJ has taken over the years, their lyrics always continue to amaze me.
It's not an anti-smoking song. It's just describing what its like to be at this age, when it seems that nothing matters and your frustrations just build to the point where there's nothing left to do than get drunk and smoke off a pack or two. I've been there and I've felt this. Although I despise the musical direction that LTJ has taken over the years, their lyrics always continue to amaze me.