I know you've grown to hate me
Even more than you have
Grown to hate yourself
But has it really made a difference?

Sharing all that hate
With someone else?
Please tell me
Are you really happy?

Do you think he's really worth the pain?
Tell me
Are you really happy?
Or did you simply throw our life away

Just to be unhappy?
Does he worship and adore you?
Does he make you feel so
Beautifully complete?

Is your life so much better now?
Or do the same
Old demons haunt just me?
Is he everything you've dreamed of?

I'd imagine he is
So much more than me
You know I tried to make you happy
But I believe

You thrive on misery


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Happy Lyrics as written by Andy Kubiszewski Christopher Hall

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    Such a beautiful song. I can relate all too well.

    Ramenon February 17, 2002   Link
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    Stabbing Westward is awesome

    Horndog728on June 11, 2002   Link
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    Stabbing Westward are an influence for my own music I write for our band.

    EmoSingerXon June 21, 2002   Link
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    this song is about a person who he was in love with and they simply turned their back on him for someone else. They then became un-satisfied with their new lover and there is no way for the two original lovers to co-exist...are you really happy now ??

    darkmetaphoron June 30, 2002   Link
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    Such a good song... has a "i told you so" feel.... another great song SW has done it again...

    P-Dogon July 10, 2002   Link
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    this is the perfect song for what im going through its it worth to throw it all away just to be unhappy? my bf's ex gf is trying to come back to him but shes hurt him before shes cheated on him before more then once and i feel like hes throwing us away for her again. but is it worth to throw our life away just to be unhappy.

    twilightfairyon July 11, 2002   Link
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    this song reminds me of something i went thru a while back, but almost all stabbing westward songs remind me of something, they were so realistic with their music, and this is gonna sound weird but the depression of their music really lifts me up cause i can see where things went wrong and know that i have someone now, i was thrown away just for someone to be unhappy, and i was pretty damn unhappy but now, i have someone who wont throw me away, and its the best feeling in the world

    drake of darknesson December 29, 2004   Link

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