It Always Rains on a Picnic Lyrics

Lyric discussion by CoughDownOurSleeves 

Cover art for It Always Rains on a Picnic lyrics by Modest Mouse

I'm a manic depressive, I think Isaac Brock is too.

To me this song perfectly describes it, using the picnic as a metaphor...Whenever you're in the manic phase, you can be happy. But whenever things start looking up too much, the scales tip and you slide into this depression. And you can never stay on one for too long, because you always get your hopes up again. "Don't let go quite yet" Don't let go of life because just because of the rain; you can always reschedule the picnic. maybe this line is trying is about relationships, he's trying to convince his dining partner to not give up on him yet just because he's run into a bad spot in his life, because it will get better.