Trusty Chords Lyrics

Lyric discussion by Ikz 

Cover art for Trusty Chords lyrics by Hot Water Music

I can really identify with this song.I mean, at least in my interpretation.

""you'll get it right.You will." I tell myself that everyday. "you don't need to latch on to anything. you'll just end up back here in your little limbo scene." it's repititous and exhausting. I might need some therapy; anything to keep me in check through the day."

He needs help.Therapy. Anything to keep him in check trough the day.

""don't think about your lover you're already steady shaking." I might need a sedative But I hate the taste of medicine "you just need to let her go" These pills shaking in my hand Just make me feel defeated Like I'm not able to just let her go away"

It can be either drugs or anti-depressants, but it's a remedy, his way to deal with the pain.And he can't let her lover go away.Whatever the reason, he needs to let her go away, but he can't.He is too fucked up to deal with not having her.And he feels pathetic and defeated because the pills he takes shows that she "wins".He is defeated, alone, broke.She's not, she's ok.

"I hate this place but I love these chords "an empty fate just means an even score" And the pain this morning...... it filled my head It's JAMESON. It means that I'm not dead."

An empty fate would be life without trying, only trying to dull the pain.The pain is filling his head, and he's dealing with it with alcohol.He is not dead, he is fighting, trying to kill the pain.He is alive.

"and I just can't seem to get away There's no such thing as escape Even with the sedatives you're always in the same state clutching to a limbo scene you're never changing anything you just stop the shaking and it's constantly repeated through the days. "

He can't get away of the pain and his life.There's no such thing as escape, or at least he did not found it.Even with the sedatives(anti-depressants,drugs) he keeps in the same state.He is in limbo, never founding salvation, never changing anything, just stopping the shaking(which i interpret as the crisis he have to deal with).