People misinterpreting this song as judgemental and self righteous even though Cooley takes strides to not come off that way.
"I ain't gonna crawl up on no high horse, cuz I got thrown off of one when I was young, and I ain't no cowboy so I ain't goin' where I don't belong."
"It wouldn't do you no good to let you know that it damned near killed me too
So I ain't gonna mourn for you, man, now that you're gone."
He's not declaring the suicide as selfish or passing judgement. The loss devastated him, but he sees mourning as pointless. It won't change anything. If it would, he would.
People misinterpreting this song as judgemental and self righteous even though Cooley takes strides to not come off that way.
"I ain't gonna crawl up on no high horse, cuz I got thrown off of one when I was young, and I ain't no cowboy so I ain't goin' where I don't belong."
"It wouldn't do you no good to let you know that it damned near killed me too So I ain't gonna mourn for you, man, now that you're gone."
He's not declaring the suicide as selfish or passing judgement. The loss devastated him, but he sees mourning as pointless. It won't change anything. If it would, he would.