You idiots. Its so much more than a sad song. For the first time EVER in alternative rock music Mark Kozelek has put to lyric the true motivation for all alternative rock music in a single verse. "I'm sorry for the way things are in China, I'm sorry things ain't what they used to be, But more than anything else, I'm sorry for myself--That you're not here with me."
I think these are the greatest alternative rock lyrics ever written! He makes an insincere apology about China being screwed up--which we all know is true. But then FINALLY comes clean--He's sorry for himself!!! ITS SO AWESOME that the true motivation behind the song is admitted, I can hardly stand it! What courage…What gusto.
The only thing that would have made the song better is if he apologized for a bunch of things wrong with the world, like manifest destiny, starving children in Africa, colonialism, imperialism, etc....and then followed it up by saying, "but more than anything else....I'm sorry for myself."
It paints a true picture of how each of us feel. We know there are horrible problems out there, that people are suffering. Yet, each of us is individualistic and have put ourselves in the center of our universe. It is part of our human nature that our misery, no matter how it compares to the misery of others, will always be “more than anything else” in our own eyes. Sad, but true.
You idiots. Its so much more than a sad song. For the first time EVER in alternative rock music Mark Kozelek has put to lyric the true motivation for all alternative rock music in a single verse. "I'm sorry for the way things are in China, I'm sorry things ain't what they used to be, But more than anything else, I'm sorry for myself--That you're not here with me."
I think these are the greatest alternative rock lyrics ever written! He makes an insincere apology about China being screwed up--which we all know is true. But then FINALLY comes clean--He's sorry for himself!!! ITS SO AWESOME that the true motivation behind the song is admitted, I can hardly stand it! What courage…What gusto.
The only thing that would have made the song better is if he apologized for a bunch of things wrong with the world, like manifest destiny, starving children in Africa, colonialism, imperialism, etc....and then followed it up by saying, "but more than anything else....I'm sorry for myself."
It paints a true picture of how each of us feel. We know there are horrible problems out there, that people are suffering. Yet, each of us is individualistic and have put ourselves in the center of our universe. It is part of our human nature that our misery, no matter how it compares to the misery of others, will always be “more than anything else” in our own eyes. Sad, but true.
You know he didn't write this, right? It's a cover of a John Denver song. Therefore, he can't change the lyrics.
You know he didn't write this, right? It's a cover of a John Denver song. Therefore, he can't change the lyrics.
Mark didn't write this; this is a John Denver cover.
Mark didn't write this; this is a John Denver cover.