This one makes me think of My Monkey, in that it takes a real serious message (in this case hopelessness), but explains it with childish language ("I quit, it's no fair, the big bad world is winning"). It goes back and forth from depressing-sounding verses to the chorus where it sounds more like he's just getting frustrated like a kid, or "knocking over the chessboard" so-to-speak.
For me this makes it one of the few songs that I can listen to when I'm sad, but that can make me feel better. Often listening to sad songs when you're sad yourself just makes it worse, but this one has just that hint of cuteness to it which makes it okay. Makes me feel like I am being childish and that my problems aren't as bad as they seem.
This one makes me think of My Monkey, in that it takes a real serious message (in this case hopelessness), but explains it with childish language ("I quit, it's no fair, the big bad world is winning"). It goes back and forth from depressing-sounding verses to the chorus where it sounds more like he's just getting frustrated like a kid, or "knocking over the chessboard" so-to-speak.
For me this makes it one of the few songs that I can listen to when I'm sad, but that can make me feel better. Often listening to sad songs when you're sad yourself just makes it worse, but this one has just that hint of cuteness to it which makes it okay. Makes me feel like I am being childish and that my problems aren't as bad as they seem.