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Golden Ticket Lyrics
Please take care of yourself
Was the last thing I said
Right before that operator made us disconnected
Please take care of yourself
Was the last thing I said
Right before that operator made us disconnected
If you can’t hear me right now
I’ve got a formula vow
That swears I’ll do my best
to figure out this situation
First of all
I’ll explain why I cost all that water
and never fixed that leaking pipe
That floods us to the ceiling
An empty shot glass doesn’t lie
So I fulfilled my appetite
And crossed my fingers
That the good Lord would take care of you and I again
So now that I sound dead
I’ll try the road surrounded
And make sure that the bottle never bothers us again
I promise this time really
I’m cleaning up sincerely
I’ll make sure that the devil never bothers you again
How I wish that you’d sold
me on all of those big goads
Like being a good father
not a careless liar
Am I really that old,
Ignorant or too slow
to realize I’ve lost my golden ticket back home
Was the last thing I said
Right before that operator made us disconnected
Was the last thing I said
Right before that operator made us disconnected
I’ve got a formula vow
That swears I’ll do my best
to figure out this situation
I’ll explain why I cost all that water
and never fixed that leaking pipe
That floods us to the ceiling
An empty shot glass doesn’t lie
So I fulfilled my appetite
And crossed my fingers
That the good Lord would take care of you and I again
I’ll try the road surrounded
And make sure that the bottle never bothers us again
I promise this time really
I’m cleaning up sincerely
I’ll make sure that the devil never bothers you again
me on all of those big goads
Like being a good father
not a careless liar
Am I really that old,
Ignorant or too slow
to realize I’ve lost my golden ticket back home
Song Info
Submitted by
lyme01 On Feb 05, 2007
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i love this song so much. i adore the part where his voice fades out, and he sings "...to realize i have lost my golden ticket back home", and the instruments just start up again..
i love manchester orchestra, period. play them loud enough, and it's like nothing else in the world exists.
This one to me is pretty clear. It's from the viewpoint of someone who was an alcoholic and their relationship has been ruined because of it and now they're regretting it and wishing they could fix it or change the past, but they've 'lost [their] golden ticket back home' and it's too late.
I love how he wishes that the "Good Lord would take care of you [and I] again". I think he sings from the perspective of a father -- especially because of the line "like being a good father not a careless liar" -- and how he cares enough about the other person to realize that he has messed up, and their relationship needs to be fixed.
This song is my favorite. And my favorite part of the song is when his voice lowers during "lost my golden ticket back home!"
i agree that it's about someone who drank too much and lost a relationship that was important to them, and i guess it does seem like it's from a father talking to their kid. "How I wish that you’d sold me on all of those big goads" - he wishes that he'd been able to be convinced on how to be "a good father, not a careless liar."
i love when he says, "am i really that old, ignorant or too slow," and the very last line too.
i believe that it is
"I'll explain why I caused all that water I never fixed that broken pipe that floods us to the ceiling"
and "goals" not "goads"......
but yes this is an awesome song......i relate to it my dad is a recovering alcoholic.....he won't admit it though.......he really careless and a liar for a lot of my childhood.....
this is hands down my favorite song by this band......
was really careless.....
"So now that I found it, I'll tie the ropes around it."
Not whatever you have up there.
alcoholism at its finest =D
i really am reminded of the book My Friend Leonard by James Frey when i hear this.
i think this song is from the perspective of an alcoholic father, maybe the lead singer's dad, and how he wants to get clean. he's left the family in the process of his quest and he's talking about how he wants to go back because he's changed.