Today I Started Celebrating Again Lyrics

I am drinking again, oh ooh oh, oh ooh oh
I am dancing again, oh ooh oh, oh ooh oh

Life is a tribute to you
And so is dying
And celebrating in this way
To die is what I'm trying

I am grooving again, oh ooh oh, oh ooh oh
I am slugging again, oh ooh oh, oh ooh oh

People argue with me
But I have never been stronger
Nor held so strong a feeling
Inside of me longer

And all of us here
Raise our eyes and our spirits
Our hands and our voices
That your ears may hear it

Oh oh oh oh
Oh oh oh oh oh

I am celebrating again and I toast you
Who will never know what it is that I do
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Cover art for Today I Started Celebrating Again lyrics by Bonnie 'Prince' Billy

It seems as if maybe he's developing a secret drinking problem, but tries to mask it with acting happy and nice. And the drinking is called celebrating, because maybe something happened that made him want to start drinking again.

Either these lyrics are very blunt, or there is symbolism I haven't quite found yet.

Cover art for Today I Started Celebrating Again lyrics by Bonnie 'Prince' Billy

It sounds like he's developed a depression rather than a drinking problem.

Cover art for Today I Started Celebrating Again lyrics by Bonnie 'Prince' Billy

I think some of his other songs seem to suggest he's almost happier when he's unhappy and alone, as strange as that sounds. Like he's used to being unhappy that it's an old sort of comfort. I think this song is about that too. "Life is a tribute to you / And so is dying / And celebrating in this way / To die is what I'm trying." So perfectly worded.

 
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