On the surface, this is just a song about drinking. End of the night, hammered, don't want to move. And so on...
But when you look into it deeper, it's about being the cause of your own misery, and drinking to cover it up.
"it ain't the liquor; it ain't the beer that keeps me down
it ain't the sad songs or the heartache
it ain't even this town"
It's yourself that keeps you down. Depression. It's nothing in your life that's really the problem, you just don't feel like you should be happy.
"well i must've had a pretty good time to end up here
made a pretty good run; caught up with me, my dear"
Trying to drink and party to chear yourself up only lasts so long. Eventually we all end up back on that floor.
On the surface, this is just a song about drinking. End of the night, hammered, don't want to move. And so on...
But when you look into it deeper, it's about being the cause of your own misery, and drinking to cover it up. "it ain't the liquor; it ain't the beer that keeps me down it ain't the sad songs or the heartache it ain't even this town" It's yourself that keeps you down. Depression. It's nothing in your life that's really the problem, you just don't feel like you should be happy. "well i must've had a pretty good time to end up here made a pretty good run; caught up with me, my dear" Trying to drink and party to chear yourself up only lasts so long. Eventually we all end up back on that floor.