This is a hauntingly beautiful song about introspection, specifically about looking back at a relationship that started bad and ended so poorly, that the narrator wants to go back to the very beginning and tell himself to not even travel down that road. I believe that the relationship started poorly because of the lines:
"Take me back to the night we met:When the night was full of terrors: And your eyes were filled with tears: When you had not touched me yet"
So, the first night was not a great start, but the narrator pursued the relationship and eventually both overcame the rough start to fall in love with each other:
"I had all and then most of you"
Like many relationships that turn sour, it was not a quick decline, but a gradual one where the narrator and their partner fall out of love and gradually grow apart
"Some and now none of you"
Losing someone who was once everything in your world, who you could confide in, tell your secrets to, share all the most intimate parts of your life, to being strangers with that person is probably one of the most painful experiences a person can go through. So Painful, the narrator wants to go back in time and tell himself to not even pursue the relationship.
This was the perfect song for "13 Reasons Why"
In my shoes my toes are busted
My kitchen says my bread is molded
I got a good job at the dollar store
One foot in the hole
One foot gettin' deeper
With a broken nail and a blown out speaker
I ain't got much else to lose
I'm faded, flat busted
Been jaded, I've been dusted
I know that I've seen better days
One foot in the hole
One foot gettin' deeper
Crank it to eleven, blow another speaker
And I ain't got, I ain't got much to lose
'Cause I've seen better days
I've been the star of many plays
I've seen better days
And the bottom drops out
I've seen better days
I've been the star of many plays
I've seen better days
And the bottom drops out
Now, my cup's filled up with five buck wine
I find myself here all the time
Another rip in the glass
Another chip in my tooth
Rained on, I've been stained on
Found another goat I try to put the blame on
And now I'm steppin' on all the cracks
So I guess there ain't no use
'Cause I've seen better days
I've been the star of many plays
I've seen better days
And the bottom drops out
I've seen better days
I've been the star of many plays
I've seen better days
And the bottom drops out
I'm bent like glass
Second hand like glory
Missed the bus but I'm in no hurry
Molasses fast, no business born
One foot in the hole
One foot gettin' deeper
Crank it to eleven, blow another speaker
And I ain't got, I ain't got much to lose
I've seen better days
I've been the star of many plays
I've seen better days
And the bottom drops out
I've seen better days
I've been the star of many plays
I've seen better days
I've seen better days
I know that I've seen better days
(And the bottom drops out)
I've been the star of so many plays
(And the bottom drops out)
I walked on the edge without a hold whole way
(And the bottom drops out)
'Cause I know, I know that I've seen better, better days
(And the bottom drops out)
My kitchen says my bread is molded
I got a good job at the dollar store
One foot in the hole
One foot gettin' deeper
With a broken nail and a blown out speaker
I ain't got much else to lose
I'm faded, flat busted
Been jaded, I've been dusted
I know that I've seen better days
One foot in the hole
One foot gettin' deeper
Crank it to eleven, blow another speaker
And I ain't got, I ain't got much to lose
'Cause I've seen better days
I've been the star of many plays
I've seen better days
And the bottom drops out
I've seen better days
I've been the star of many plays
I've seen better days
And the bottom drops out
Now, my cup's filled up with five buck wine
I find myself here all the time
Another rip in the glass
Another chip in my tooth
Rained on, I've been stained on
Found another goat I try to put the blame on
And now I'm steppin' on all the cracks
So I guess there ain't no use
'Cause I've seen better days
I've been the star of many plays
I've seen better days
And the bottom drops out
I've seen better days
I've been the star of many plays
I've seen better days
And the bottom drops out
I'm bent like glass
Second hand like glory
Missed the bus but I'm in no hurry
Molasses fast, no business born
One foot in the hole
One foot gettin' deeper
Crank it to eleven, blow another speaker
And I ain't got, I ain't got much to lose
I've seen better days
I've been the star of many plays
I've seen better days
And the bottom drops out
I've seen better days
I've been the star of many plays
I've seen better days
I've seen better days
I know that I've seen better days
(And the bottom drops out)
I've been the star of so many plays
(And the bottom drops out)
I walked on the edge without a hold whole way
(And the bottom drops out)
'Cause I know, I know that I've seen better, better days
(And the bottom drops out)
Lyrics submitted by carboncentric
Better Days (And the Bottom Drops Out) Lyrics as written by Richard Davies
Lyrics © Wixen Music Publishing, BMG Rights Management, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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one comment: DO NOT play this at a wedding
haha thats the best goddamm advice i have heard all day!
This is the best song for a quick pick-me-up...yeah it may be depressing but life is like that...what else can you play to make you happy?
i love this song, the sad thing is a lot of people have heard this song, but dont know who sings it. shame, since this song has the funniest lyrics and cleverest words ever lmao. best part is "crank it to eleven and blow another speaker"
i allways thought this song was by everclear. and its wierd because ive heard other songs by citizen king
I downloaded this from Limewire and it said it was from Citizen Cope, not Citizen King. It doesn't really sound like Citizen Cope, but who knows. Hmmm.
absolutely not citizen cope
Alot of people think this song is by Sublime. Ridiculous!! Anywho, I love this song. Great pick-me-up.
it's my birthday and this be the first song being played!
@phphphph of the day