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You should have made me a drunkard
Should have made me a liar
Made me a preacher
With a head full of fire
You could have made me a gambler
Could have made me a thief
Made me salesman
Pockets full of receipts
But I chose water over wine
Jars of formaldehyde
I think of all the things I missed
Why'd you make me a scientist?
Is this the best you've got?
I'm not impressed
Anything you can do
I'll equate and project
Should have made me a liar
Made me a preacher
With a head full of fire
Could have made me a thief
Made me salesman
Pockets full of receipts
Jars of formaldehyde
I think of all the things I missed
Why'd you make me a scientist?
I'm not impressed
Anything you can do
I'll equate and project
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skyevang On Mar 02, 2009
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This is a beautiful song. I just heard it (and also found out about Jeremy Messersmith) through the rehearsal/Q&A with Dessa on Doomtree.net... I am really impressed.. this song means so much at once, but at the same time I don't really know WHAT it means too much, I just listen to each line and think to myself "this must mean something special..." but either way it is sung masterfully and I, for one, am addicted.
I just heard this during the rehearsal too! Makes me glad I preordered. I have vague sense of what it might mean, it definitely feels like there's alot of meaning behind the lyrics.
I just heard this during the rehearsal too! Makes me glad I preordered. I have vague sense of what it might mean, it definitely feels like there's alot of meaning behind the lyrics.
After listening to this more and more I'm convinced it is a religious song, but I'm not too sure. "I chose water over wine, jars of formaldehyde." I think he is not a religious person and he wishes so bad that he could be, or that he had something like religion to take some of the pain in his life away. I think he sees people who are religious and how much comfort and fulfillment it brings them and he doesn't necessarily want to be religious but he wants something to fall back on like that.
After listening to this more and more I'm convinced it is a religious song, but I'm not too sure. "I chose water over wine, jars of formaldehyde." I think he is not a religious person and he wishes so bad that he could be, or that he had something like religion to take some of the pain in his life away. I think he sees people who are religious and how much comfort and fulfillment it brings them and he doesn't necessarily want to be religious but he wants something to fall back on like that.
Another thing...
Another thing is "Why'd you make me a scientist" I'm pretty certain means that maybe at one point he believed in a God and something happened to him, something horrible that made him think "There can't be a God. Not like this." That somebody who did that to him made him into a "scientist."
Sound about right?
"The Reluctant Graveyard" was just released 05/04/10. AMAZING ALBUM. beautiful. Love everything jeremy does.. Twin Cities.
this song is haunting. i agree that there's a religious message, but for some reason i interpret it more like he's talking directly to God, asking him why he gave him all this knowledge about the evil in the world, when he could be a happy go lucky drunkard or something of the sort. "I chose water over wine". i just interpreted it in a way that related more to me i guess, but the last verse throws me for a loop. beautiful melody, though.
has anyone noticed the guitar melody in this song sounds EXACTLY like Copeland's "Love Affair"??? this song is beautiful, but i really don't know why it sounds like Copeland's song. both songs were released in the same year.