I think much like another song “Anti-Matter” (that's also on the same album as this song), this one is also is inspired by a horrifying van crash the band experienced on Nov 3, 2022. This, much like the other track, sounds like it's an extension what they shared while huddled in the wreckage, as they helped frontman Garrett Russell stem the bleeding from his head wound while he was under the temporary effects of a concussion. The track speaks of where the mind goes at the most desperate & desolate of times, when it just about slips away to all but disconnect itself, and the aftermath.
Watching people roll by
Wonder where they're going
Hey, what's your job?
What're you knowing?
Driving to the grocery store
Pull my money out
Passing by the liquor store
Throw my money down
Ain't life grand
Ain't life grand
My wife's got the blues
Now I've got them
Gonna bring her a kiss
Make those blues run
Ain't life grand
Ain't life grand
The sun came out the other day
Through those dusty clouds
And in my mind I was a child
And it felt good!
Ain't life grand
Ain't life grand
Ain't life grand
Ain't life grand
Wonder where they're going
Hey, what's your job?
What're you knowing?
Driving to the grocery store
Pull my money out
Passing by the liquor store
Throw my money down
Ain't life grand
Ain't life grand
My wife's got the blues
Now I've got them
Gonna bring her a kiss
Make those blues run
Ain't life grand
Ain't life grand
The sun came out the other day
Through those dusty clouds
And in my mind I was a child
And it felt good!
Ain't life grand
Ain't life grand
Ain't life grand
Ain't life grand
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Great version of a great song,
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its good stuff... great great song
why dont more people talk about this band?? they are damn great, my freind from the woodlands is obsessed with them, more ppl should listen to them. BLOODY FOOLS!
dude panic is the shit!..i am from augusta ga and they are from athens ga (about 1.30 hrs)...they have been playing forever..everyone needs some WP
this song got me into panic. panic fans are everywhere, take a trip across the country and you will find this out.
fuckin amazin
Panic is quickly becoming one of the more popular bands around. Also, they are unreal live....great show they put on. I cant wait to see them this summer tour...it will be a good time.
I never thought I could like a neo-hippie band. Until now. This song is so amazing, word of this band must be spread! I love the country/folk feeling it captures, and the singing is spot-on. It's a constantly changing song; Panic knows how to carry a song from beginning to end. I would give up Rammstein for this song, which is saying a LOT.
This is a great song. A classic spread song
About lifes sucky nature of lfe. I believe the word "Grand" was chosin, by JB the English major, from "The Catcher in the Rye". If you've read the book, you know the main character thinks "Grand" is a phony word.
I think Houser wrote the song.