This thing which cannot fail.
I dare myself to do this one thing,
You can have my car, go on take everything.
I have tried too long
The class I cut
All the friends I never had
These things I wont miss wont miss me,
My house my block,
The baby bird that I set free.
The dance that I was never asked to,
The teachers that thought they knew me.
They'll all remember what I did,
They'll ask whos fault was it? Oh she was just a kid.
You don't even know me.
not at all
You don't even know me.
not at all
This is apparently the inspiration for the song:
"On May 1, 1947, Evelyn McHale leapt to her death from the observation deck of the Empire State Building. Photographer Robert Wiles took a photo of McHale a few minutes after her death.
The photo ran a couple of weeks later in Life magazine accompanied by the following caption:
On May Day, just after leaving her fiancé, 23-year-old Evelyn McHale wrote a note. 'He is much better off without me ... I wouldn't make a good wife for anybody,' ... Then she crossed it out. She went to the observation platform of the Empire State Building. Through the mist she gazed at the street, 86 floors below. Then she jumped. In her desperate determination she leaped clear of the setbacks and hit a United Nations limousine parked at the curb. Across the street photography student Robert Wiles heard an explosive crash. Just four minutes after Evelyn McHale's death Wiles got this picture of death's violence and its composure."
For the person asking about the hidden song that follows this one, here are the lyrics to it:
oh, we are as one with the acorn my son not trunk, not branch, nor tree you scratch at my skirts and thats what we call fun i rock you endlessly i'm Queen of the Hilltop you're Prince Number One i see the devil alive in your eyes i beg you no, don't stop, my baby, my son dont look at nobody but me oh, we are as one with the acorn my son that's where we ought to be
This song is obviously about suicide. She's hit bottom; she doesn't care what anyone thinks of her anymore; she's fed up with being the outsider, so she's going to kill herself to get away from her miserable existence and the people who don't understand her.
"I don't think I'll miss my mom and dad The class I cut All the friends I never had"
I love that verse. To me, it's like saying "yeah I have so many friends, who aren't actually that at all. Where are they when I'm about to kill myself?"
What's really sad about this song is the fact that there are so many people in America nowadays, especially teenagers, are able to relate to it.
Yes, this song is about suicide, but WastedYouth makes it sound so harsh. I think she sounds melancholy and disillusioned.
Does anyone know what the hidden track in this song is?
Yes it's the one that goes "Oh we are as one with the acorn, my son..." etc. It's about a mother who doesn't want her child to lose its inocence; "I see the devil in your eyes... look at no one but me..." etc
"A quitter" is about suicide, yes. And it's my favourite on "Cabin Fever." I agree with Atalaya it's not so harsh, the music reflects that. She is indeed as WastedYouth describes but on the other hand I believe she's mocking everyone around her, proven particularly when she says, "I'll be glad to go, you see!" I think this because I feel like her. Like everyone else is so stupid that there's no point in trying to join them, but leave them... I haven't got round to the leaving part... yet... :D
god, i remember listening to this song and being so glad to hear everything i was feeling articulated once upon a time...
last month, i was backstage after rasputina's recital in montreal, and melora was telling me how at the beginning some reacted in an "oh, that's so cheesy, such a girly thing to write" - but she realized that no, it's not cheesy when people actually do feel this way, do have these thoughts. it's a beautiful song.
yes, i'll admit that i was in tears the first time i ever heard it. :d