Fabulous Friend Lyrics

Lyric discussion by tootwee4u 

Cover art for Fabulous Friend lyrics by Field Mice, The

This is my favourite song by The Field Mice. I love this song! Every time I hear it I have to press repeat and listen to it again, before I go on to the next song. So I was quite upset to find the lyrics that were posted didn’t resemble what I heard at all. Here’s a more accurate interpretation of the lyrics:

That hard, cruel, hostile tone There’s no place you’d want to fail If some where you were to fail

Success at any cost If fade the same and fall If fade the same and fall But even there I did not think of Someone I should have thought of

She was my fabulous friend I could but be impressed I could but be impressed I wish I’d been hers too What good does wishing do? What good does wishing do?

I was born afraid I miss her to this day For me and only me My concern it was for me My concern it was for me

How am I to accept? I could show such thoughtlessness I could show such thoughtlessness I can’t stop thinking of The person I did not think of

I’m not brave I’m not special I’m not any of those things I’m not any of those things

This guilt that I do feel I deserve to always feel Fully deserve to never not feel

My Interpretation

@tootwee4u Actually, you both have the first sentence slightly wrong. And 'sentence' is key, for the first three lines are all part of a single sentence, with the word "town" making sense as the place he treated her poorly, and the mistake of "There's', which is actually "Is" adding further confusion. Instead, it should read like this, and the rest of the tune makes more sense.

That hard, cruel, hostile TOWN IS no place you’d want to fail If some where you were to fail

So, just one change to the main lyric...

Also "some where" should always be a single word, "somewhere."