Mr. Pitiful

I LOVE THIS SONG. :]
It's just like... About someone who's feeling sorry for himself, I think.

I have the linter notes.

It's...

It don't make me feel bad that we're still friends

To make amends And still be friends, still be my friend

Near the end, the cloud thing is the same as before.

But please come down from that cloud you're sitting on

not "but please come down from that cloud, you see at all"

All of En-Lee's corrections are correct.

The video for this song is adorable.

I think it's about the narrator's friend "growing up" and becoming a typical yuppie with a nice house ("big yard...picket fence") and all those boring things. The friend sounds kind of stuck-up, and the narrator is working around that. "I don't expect you to admit that you were wrong" and the soapbox statement lead to me to believe that the friend is egotistical and thinks he's the shit, and the narrator plans to let whatever happened in the past go (I'm assuming that the friend fucked up in some way) in order to remain friends with the person. The narrator isn't into the typical monotonous "adult" stuff, but still wants to be friends with his yuppie friend, who sort of is. I don't think the friend is completely, because the line "You still don't believe and your grievances show When your soapbox unfolds" imply that the friend isn't as happy about his life as he usually pretends he is. And his yuppie facade is pitiful....BAM!! There's the title and opening lines. The "I just want to know how you've been....Still be my friend" section is about the narrator wanting his friend to get off of his high horse so they can make up and rekindle their friendship.

I could be entirely wrong.

I think the narrator is calling himself pitiful.

wow this is a great song! and i bet it can have lots of meanings! but to me, i can relate to it. because of a breakup i had. and for some odd reason, this fit my situation. i didn't care if we were going to be together or not.. but i just wanted to know how things were going.. and over time, i just wanted him to know that im not the bad person... im just here like i've always been. his fried. :]]

I think you got some of the lyrics wrong.

(I put asterisks next to the lines that I changed)

You still don’t believe You don’t believe You don’t believe And your grievances show * When your soapbox unfolds

But, please come down from that cloud You're sitting on I don’t expect you to admit that you were wrong Just wanna know how you’ve been Don’t make me feel bad that we’re still friends Mulling it over in my bed

Well I don’t believe I don’t believe I don’t believe Everything I see And if you don’t like the movie then quit acting*

I have the linter notes.

It's...

It don't make me feel bad that we're still friends

To make amends And still be friends, still be my friend

Near the end, the cloud thing is the same as before.

But please come down from that cloud you're sitting on

not "but please come down from that cloud, you see at all"

All of En-Lee's corrections are correct.

The video for this song is adorable.

I think it's about the narrator's friend "growing up" and becoming a typical yuppie with a nice house ("big yard...picket fence") and all those boring things. The friend sounds kind of stuck-up, and the narrator is working around that. "I don't expect you to admit that you were wrong" and the soapbox statement lead to me to believe that the friend is egotistical and thinks he's the shit, and the narrator plans to let whatever happened in the past go (I'm assuming that the friend fucked up in some way) in order to remain friends with the person. The narrator isn't into the typical monotonous "adult" stuff, but still wants to be friends with his yuppie friend, who sort of is. I don't think the friend is completely, because the line "You still don't believe and your grievances show When your soapbox unfolds" imply that the friend isn't as happy about his life as he usually pretends he is. And his yuppie facade is pitiful....BAM!! There's the title and opening lines. The "I just want to know how you've been....Still be my friend" section is about the narrator wanting his friend to get off of his high horse so they can make up and rekindle their friendship.

I could be entirely wrong.

i loooved this song since i first heard it! soo fun and upbeat and.. kind of reminds me of cold war kids/beirut?

luv it kids.

ok so this friend suddenly feels superior or recently got rich or something haha and is acting egoistic and yea

bitch.

i think instead of

"But, please come down from that cloud You see at all I don’t expect you to admit that you were wrong"

that it's "But, please come down from that cloud You're sittin on I don’t expect you to admit that you were wrong"

see i think this song is about a guy who broke up with a girl cuz she did him wrong but at the end they remained friends n he hopes he didnt make a mistake for stayin friends just my theory.