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Well you shouldn't doctor yourself
Well I pictured somebody else
Someone who looks like
What I look like
Would you say that the one of your dreams
Got in you and ripped out the seams
That's what I'd say
That's what I'd say
He was a sucker for your double dose
Motherfucker turned white as a ghost
Don't you say hi?
Don't you say hi?
With a broken sink for a face
And a head that just takes up space
He's not half right
He's not half right
It's already half past
And it won't last
I was sticking up for my friend
But there's nothing much to defend
It's a lost fight
It's a lost fight
'Cause when I talk to you on the phone
Well it's just like being alone
It's not half right
It's not half right
Well I pictured somebody else
Someone who looks like
What I look like
Got in you and ripped out the seams
That's what I'd say
That's what I'd say
Motherfucker turned white as a ghost
Don't you say hi?
Don't you say hi?
And a head that just takes up space
He's not half right
He's not half right
And it won't last
But there's nothing much to defend
It's a lost fight
It's a lost fight
Well it's just like being alone
It's not half right
It's not half right
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I love this song so much it's one of my favorites... I could listen to it over and over
my favorite lines are "would you say that the one of your dreams got in you and ripped out the seams? That's what I'd say.." how many times has that happened to just about everyone? People are shallow, empty-minded, and selfish.
the intro is gorgeously simple...... and i love teh first line "Well you shouldn't doctor yourself"
lovely intro, and the lyrics
"'Cause when I talk to you on the phone Well it's just like being alone It's not half right It's not half right"
hit me with speechlessness
This song is beautiful.
i love this song
it makes me kinda sick though at the thought that jimmy eat world covered this song
The JEW cover sounds pretty much the same as the Heatmiser version, I don't know why it'd make you sick that they covered the song. They didn't butcher it or anything.
jeeze guys, calm down.
Be happy that the ahem "no talent scum" brought new people to appreciate heatmiser....sure it probably won't mean the same to them as it does to you, but does it ever??? for anyone?
This reminds me of my best friend. we drifted apart and it all just seemed to fall apart. I found this song via JEW.. and I'm really grateful to them for this.. So no bad words against them please. I also looked into the rest of heatmisers's stuff because of their covers and quotes in songs.. :) Awesome song. x
JEW is NOT "no talent scum", come to think of it, the band of which you are named after "Stray Light Run" Is no talent scum. Now that we've cleared that little problem up, This song seems to be about a friend of a rather brash guy that breaks the girl's heart and walks out on her, and so now shes crushed, hence the verse "Well it's just like being alone" she can't even speak to her friend anymore because of what his friend did to her. And the JEW version is also very beautiful, and Elliott Smith himself was a fan of some of JEWs earlier stuff, so stop the bashing.