I think it goes a little further then someone you care about failing...
I think that the guy writing this song views that person who fails as lucky because they are actually getting off their ass and putting themself out there in a position to fail whereas he is just standing in the shadows and giving mediocre support.
It reminds me of the first time I got dumped... I would watch some of my friends make such idiots out of themselves and get shot down time after time, but what was I doing? I was making every excuse in the book not to meet a new girl, and I was almost envious of my friends who kept trying and kept failing.
It also reminds me of local musicians... the real grinders, who tour 200-250 days a year for minimal pay or glory, but they are putting themselves out there and doing what they love, and sometimes you feel sorry for them because they are living out the back of a van, but at the same time you kind of feel like they are the lucky ones becuase they are trying to do what they love.
I think it goes a little further then someone you care about failing...
I think that the guy writing this song views that person who fails as lucky because they are actually getting off their ass and putting themself out there in a position to fail whereas he is just standing in the shadows and giving mediocre support.
It reminds me of the first time I got dumped... I would watch some of my friends make such idiots out of themselves and get shot down time after time, but what was I doing? I was making every excuse in the book not to meet a new girl, and I was almost envious of my friends who kept trying and kept failing.
It also reminds me of local musicians... the real grinders, who tour 200-250 days a year for minimal pay or glory, but they are putting themselves out there and doing what they love, and sometimes you feel sorry for them because they are living out the back of a van, but at the same time you kind of feel like they are the lucky ones becuase they are trying to do what they love.
I don't know... that's just waht I get.