Pissing In The Wind Lyrics

Lyric discussion by NorthWriter 

Cover art for Pissing In The Wind lyrics by Badly Drawn Boy

"Pissing in the wind" is another way of saying that you're wasting your time. A futile effort.

Similar to what ctanz8711 said, "about feeling alienated and alone," and wanting to change that, but knowing that there is a risk that your efforts won't pay off.

A lovely wee song. I think "the groung shifting between his feet" is his fame changing how people view him, thus "the people he greets don't know his name". I think he is looking to love as much as to be loved, "give me something, I'll take nothing" Is his lack of chance of meeting someone now overwhelmingly changed "drought crippled by the rain"? The situation where a person who has a lot of love to give and perceives themself as not immedietely 'loveable' and meets a similar person could be "a tortoise catching the snail" Someone needs to drive the passion however,...