I think this song has a much deeper meaning. It might sound like a fun drinking game, but I think the artist is trying to make something hopeful out of a bad circumstance--alcoholism.
He loses fists fights with the air, is mean, rude, and wakes up in a haze.
"I've been through the silver and the bells": I believe means he's been to AA meetings. Silver coins for sobriety (30/60/90 days, etc.) and bells, as many AA meetings are held in church basements, and churches have bells that go off every hour.
I think he's rejecting AA's ideas, because he said "he's lived through it", which implies a negative experience with it.
"Just do your best": No one is perfect, but do a little better, every day, for your own sanity.
This is certainly not a "happy" song-- he becomes delusional, emotional, and angry, fill of regrets. I think he's trying to make the best out of a crappy situation, with humour (the "I hear things that aren't really there-- la la la").
But he IS making the best of the situation: Have humour and do your best.
I think this song has a much deeper meaning. It might sound like a fun drinking game, but I think the artist is trying to make something hopeful out of a bad circumstance--alcoholism.
He loses fists fights with the air, is mean, rude, and wakes up in a haze.
"I've been through the silver and the bells": I believe means he's been to AA meetings. Silver coins for sobriety (30/60/90 days, etc.) and bells, as many AA meetings are held in church basements, and churches have bells that go off every hour.
I think he's rejecting AA's ideas, because he said "he's lived through it", which implies a negative experience with it.
"Just do your best": No one is perfect, but do a little better, every day, for your own sanity.
This is certainly not a "happy" song-- he becomes delusional, emotional, and angry, fill of regrets. I think he's trying to make the best out of a crappy situation, with humour (the "I hear things that aren't really there-- la la la").
But he IS making the best of the situation: Have humour and do your best.