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What a wonderful hesitation
Who would bare to feel sorry for me
Dropped another pill just to calm me
Collapsed to my knees and fell fast into sleep
There I was drifting
Way out into the sunshine
Expecting to crash but I'm tied to a string
Look at me I'm a tangled puppet
I might be a mess but I'm sure can survive
Find myself awake counting sad days
One, two, three that's too many for me
Dropped another pill just to find me
Reached for my hand but it was already there
Then I started believin'
That I fell out of a tiny raindrop
That lost its way when I decided to roam
Chasing me was a hungry dweller
But I had escaped it by pretending to die
Come follow me
You won't expect the illusion you'll see
It's my imagination
Hand me your eyes
I will put them in front of mine
You'll see a little better
You'll see a little better
What a wonderful destination
Where I am now
I can no longer see
Dropped another pill just to kill me
Collapsed to my knees and fell fast into sleep
There I was, there I was
There I was drifting
Way out into the sunshine
Expecting to crash but I'm tied to a string
Look at me I'm a tangled puppet
I might be a mess but I'm sure can survive
But I had escaped it by pretending to die
Who would bare to feel sorry for me
Dropped another pill just to calm me
Collapsed to my knees and fell fast into sleep
Way out into the sunshine
Expecting to crash but I'm tied to a string
Look at me I'm a tangled puppet
I might be a mess but I'm sure can survive
One, two, three that's too many for me
Dropped another pill just to find me
Reached for my hand but it was already there
That I fell out of a tiny raindrop
That lost its way when I decided to roam
Chasing me was a hungry dweller
But I had escaped it by pretending to die
You won't expect the illusion you'll see
It's my imagination
I will put them in front of mine
You'll see a little better
You'll see a little better
Where I am now
I can no longer see
Dropped another pill just to kill me
Collapsed to my knees and fell fast into sleep
There I was drifting
Way out into the sunshine
Expecting to crash but I'm tied to a string
Look at me I'm a tangled puppet
I might be a mess but I'm sure can survive
But I had escaped it by pretending to die
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the ever great Linda Perry....ahhhhh...anywho i do believe that this song, along with many of her others is that she is in fact strung out on pills and other things, and in this little shinanigan she is really thinking about her life and how it's not the greatest (find myself awake counting sad days, 1,2,3, that's too many for me) and she wants someone to see how she does (hand me your eyes, i will put them in front of mine, you'll see a little better) i dunno. i grew up listening to this stuff with my dad and never really understanding it until i was older. please tell me if i'm wrong, but no one really seems interested in this song......ah well.....the best is for the few.
I love this fucking song. I'm too drunk right now to write about what i think it means, im listening to it right now. ' I might be a mess but i sure can survive'
It's fucking beautiful.
I also love this song. In fact, I think is about taking antidepressants (that's why she talk about taking a pill just to feel better) and finally committing suicide. This song is also about putting yourself in someone else's shoes (Hand me your eyes, I will put them in front of mine. You'll see a little better...You'll see a little better); sometimes is just difficult trying to explain somebody about this kind of feelings, so it would be easier if the others see with the eyes of a depressed person.
Being an addict myself, I can tell you that this is definitely about being addicted. Be it pills or any other addiction. No one can truly understand what the addict is going through unless they experience it themselves, through the eyes of an addict. Once the addict is sober they can actually see what's killing them and therefore are able to write songs such as this one. Definitely one of my favorites from Linda Perry. Gotta shout out "Spaceman" and "Morphine and Chocolate" as well. Again, dealing with addiction ! ! !
The solice of depression.I love taking myself into this song when in the grips of a long haul of depression.wrapped in the warmth of a falling tear while squelching out the lyrics.ALONE.