That I Would Be Good

this song i think is talking about having intrinsic worth, rather than just some instrumental value, that she is valuable even if she is not skinny, and loses her hair

"That I would be good" is an incomplete sentence. To me, the key missing words here are "I wish"... I wish that I would be good.
To me the song is not optimistic at all, it is about having painfully low self-esteem. If only I could be good, if only I could be loved and accepted despite these flaws I cannot overcome. I wish "that I would be loved, even when"...... It seems to me that the first verse is aimed at her parents/mother, addressing their/her high expectations of her. The second verse seems addressed to the public, from the point of view of being famous. The third and fourth perhaps to a combination of people: family, friends, public, her lover, and also to herself.

I feel she has probably suffered abuse in her life, and an eating disorder, but I don't know that...just speculation, from listening to her songs.

This song really resonates with me, it touches a nerve. This is the only song I know that makes me break down in tears every time that I hear it.

I went through a bout of depression a couple of years ago and I would listen to this song over and over because it totally and completely described how I was feeling...its a great song and when I listen to it now, it gives me the sense thatI will be ok, regardless of any external factors in my life - good song!

This is such a beautiful song, and I just listen to it over and over, longing for someone to love me to this extent. It makes me cry everytime I hear it.

This song emanates the emotions from a person who has been in love with someone but that person has conditions regarding his love for her. She is in pain because she longs for someone to return her love. She has the best intentions -i.e. she will do her best to keep in shape, act mature, be responible, however she knows she will have moments of temporarly insanity in her life. She craves security in knowing that her beloved won't run for the hills and reject her if she gets sick and needs to rely on him to help her. If she gains weight, he'll still be proud to be by her side, even workout with her if that will help her. She seeks positive support from him and she, in return will nurture his temporary weaknesses and love him more for it. We all fear rejection and crave security.

I always thought it was about a girl who lost someone she loved... and the person made her so confident and strong that now, even though they're not physically together anymore (whether with or without you), she's still strong 'cause he made her strong... :)

munch 49937 is not human. You need a heart to understand this song...

I just love the flute solo at the end, beautiful!

I think she's wishing that she knew how to love herself enough to let go of people who hurt her, and the ways she hurts herself. She's trying to let go of the paranoid cycle of self hatred that so many people, women especially find themselves trapped in.

i lost a lot of myself to depression. it wasn't something i could control, or help. and ive seen myself go through groups of friends this last two years and i've heard the "i understands" and the "its oks" and "its alrights, we understand and we aren't going to leave yous" and a lot of those promises fell shortly after the words were said.

and i guess this is what im looking for. someone who will give me a friendship and someone to ave a relationship with who will take me for who and as i am.

i'm flawed. i'm gifted. i'm human.

take me as i am.