Overall about difficult moments of disappointment and vulnerability. Having hope and longing, while remaining optimistic for the future. Encourages the belief that with each new morning there is a chance for things to improve.
The chorus offers a glimmer of optimism and a chance at a resolution and redemption in the future.
Captures the rollercoaster of emotions of feeling lost while loving someone who is not there for you, feeling let down and abandoned while waiting for a lover. Lost with no direction, "Now I'm up in the air with the rain in my hair, Nowhere to go, I can go anywhere"
The bridge shows signs of longing and a plea for companionship. The Lyrics express a desire for authentic connection and the importance of Loving someone just as they are. "Just in passing, I'm not asking. That you be anyone but you”
Worried sick my eyes are hurting
To rest my head I'd take a life
Outside the girls are dancing
'Cause when you're down it just don't seem right
Feeling second fiddle to a dead man
Up to my neck with your disregard
Like a beat dog that's walking on the broadway
No one wants to hear you when you're down
Sister luck is screaming out
Somebody else's name
Sister luck is screaming out
Somebody else's name
A flip of a coin
Might make a head turn
No surprise, who sleeps
Held my hand over a candle
Flame burnin' but I never weep
Sister luck is screaming out
Somebody else's name
Sister luck is screaming out
Somebody else's name
What a shame
Sister luck is screaming out
Somebody else's name
Sister luck is screaming out
Somebody else's name
To rest my head I'd take a life
Outside the girls are dancing
'Cause when you're down it just don't seem right
Feeling second fiddle to a dead man
Up to my neck with your disregard
Like a beat dog that's walking on the broadway
No one wants to hear you when you're down
Sister luck is screaming out
Somebody else's name
Sister luck is screaming out
Somebody else's name
A flip of a coin
Might make a head turn
No surprise, who sleeps
Held my hand over a candle
Flame burnin' but I never weep
Sister luck is screaming out
Somebody else's name
Sister luck is screaming out
Somebody else's name
What a shame
Sister luck is screaming out
Somebody else's name
Sister luck is screaming out
Somebody else's name
Lyrics submitted by spliphstar
Sister Luck Lyrics as written by Christopher Mark Robinson Chris Robinson
Lyrics © Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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This song is about making it though a tough time or depression. "Sister luck is screaming out some body else's name" is in reference to good things only happen for others not you.
"Worried sick my eyes are hurting" This means he stays up thinking about his problems and his eyes hurt from being tired."To rest my head I'd take a life" means he would do about anything to have his burdens lifted from him. The burdens in his life have consumed his thoughts and he can't sleep.
"Outside the girls are dancing" means the people around you seem to be happy in spite of your condition."Feeling second fiddle to a dead man Up to my neck with your disregard" . I think this would mean that you're sad and or depressed and others don't seem to acknowledge ,understand,or maybe don't care at all about what you're dealing with(whatever that my be).
"Like a beat dog that's walking on the Broadway. No one wants to hear you when you're down".This to me means that overall people will treat you badly or not listen to you when you're powerless and beat down.Often times people will turn their heads away from a beat dog walking down the Broadway because it's not their pain, problem,or maybe they really don't care." "A flip of a coin Might make a head turn No surprise, who sleeps".This means that people might not really care enough to lose sleep over your problems because your pain is far removed from their reality. "A flip of a coin might make their head turn" can also mean that most people see more value in your money or what you can do for them then they see in you as a person. (when I lived in my car and was homeless I really found out quickly who my friends were and the people that was only fair weather acquaintances).
"Held my hand over a candle Flame burnin' but I never weep" This means that no matter how bad things hurt weeping in self pity won't solve the problem. more or less the burnin is a part of life that all of us need to deal with and grow tolerant to accepting as being human.Taking the pain without pulling back from the flame is like dealing with problems with out giving up.
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Sister Luck seems to ALWAYS scream out someone else's name! In my world anyway.
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Its not " to rest my head i'd take a life". its always sounded like and, even when i really listen closely to it, still sounds like " to rest my head i'll take a lie". It also makes a lot more sense, both in the words and in what he is trying to express , that he is worried sick and he'll think whatever he has to think even if its lie because outside is life in the world where the girls are dancing adn he has to be there with others, not down. and worried sick..
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Yep