You shouldn't talk to your yourself
Well I pictured somebody else
Someone that looks like
What I look like

Would you say that 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
When 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


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Half Right Lyrics as written by Neil Gust Steven Paul Smith

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    I think it is Elliot talking about a "friend" who, in order to silence a bad figure from his dreams, is addicted to drugs (doctor's himself, double doses), overdoses (turns white as a ghost), is expected to still "say hi" to the dealer even though he was responsible for his friends downfall, or was he? Maybe he's just sticking up for his friend, but it was actually his friends fault (there wasn't much to defend). Then the last verse echoes the first verse; someone who looks like himself; talking to someone on the phone but it's just like being alone. Both verses suggest that the "friend" is either exactly like him or IS him. It works both ways.

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