All Right

this is a very ethereal song, very moving and sad. a lot of thier rare songs have this feel.

i think this song came from him feeling very alone and like he had done nothing with his life - like things never work out right. a very sad feeling.

so many great and meaningful songs and no one has talked about them!! please respond. toad is amazing

This is one of my favorite Toad songs. This song got me through most of my depressions because there was someone else in life that knew what I was going through. =)

one of my favorites as well...lyrically this song is awesome, sometimes i read it just as poem...the reference to lorelei really fits, this song is definitely about depression, possibly contemplating suicide....but my favorite lines have to be

Catching up with me And these ladders Rising and endlessly Leading Nowhere I can see

Written and sung by Todd Nichols (the lead guitarist), this song is possibly his reaction to Toad's success with the Fear album. Referencing to climbing a ladder that leads nowhere...the call of the lorelei (who seem enticing but are in reality out for blood)...

I don't know. Honestly, this is the first time I thought it might be about that, and "All Right" is my favorite Toad song! I usually listened to it when I was feeling down, and it always encapsulated those darkest of emotions.

Pulls from the tether to rise And shatters Caught in the wind far and wide It scatters

honestly, the first thing pops into my head is someone doing gun practice, like on a range.

If I hear them cry That it's killing time No I will not fight It's all right this time

usually at the end, if lyrics are a bit hazy they pull it together in a few lines for some clarification. maybe this song is about a soldier not wanting to fight. kind of weak evidence, but it fits i suppose.

The song is about depression, and this time its all right because he isn't allowing himself to be led down that road again. The Lorelei calls are being ignored.

I know Todd Nichols sings the vocals on this song but I get the impression the lyrics are mostly Glen Phillip's. I know Glen has battled with depression in the past and the lyric style seems to be his.

I've listened to Lapdog songs (Todd, Dean, and Randy) and Todd's lyric style seem to be more literal than Glen's abstract form of writing.

I agree with what was mentioned above about the meaning being about sudden success and not being able to deal with all that comes with it. Either way, this song is absolutely beautiful for the lyrics and Todd's delivery on his vocals. He sounds amazing and definitely adds to that melancholy tone.

Toad is one of my all-time favorite bands if not, THE all-time favorite band for me. I'm so glad they are back together.