Lyric discussion by Cleanruss 

Cover art for Life In Vain lyrics by Daniel Johnston

I think this song is about, how people get depressed and give up easily. They dont realize that with alittle effort they will see little changes to get them on track again. I love the line: "I dont know where is up or down, and there aint any love left around everybody wearin a frown waiting for santa to come to town"