The Glass Is Completely Full, You Fucking Pessimist

[Guitarer]

I'm empty inside
So why do I feel so satisfied?
Is it the fact that I'm an idiot, or just thankful to be alive?
Something is giving me hope
Maybe I'm just happy the earth still revolves
Maybe I just like being alone

I can't remember why
It ended up this way
But thank god I'm alive
'Cause my heart stopped beating last night
And I don't remember how
I smashed my windshield
But this glass in my left arm
Is a reminder that everything heals

I'm filling my lungs
Breathing in every moment
I won't take this for granted
My spirit will not be broken

I can't remember why
It ended up this way
But thank god I'm alive
'Cause my heart stopped beating last night
And I don't remember how
I smashed my windshield
But this glass in my left arm
Is a reminder that everything heals

 

[LemonTree]

the glass is capacity challenged

 

[gecko zzed]

But this glass in my left arm
Is a reminder that everything heals

The quoted bit is a great line!

This set of lyrics captures one of the things I like to hear in songs. It could easily have been a much more overt declaration, along the lines of: "I got drunk and crashed my car, and even though I got banged up, I'm still alive, for which I'm thankful" (my interpretation of the theme).

But instead, the lyrics just contain a few clues that this may have been the scenario, and leave you to fill in the blanks (which I did in my own way).

I have a fondness for subtlety and ambiguty, which these lyrics have.

Well done!

 

[Guitarer]

The quoted bit is a great line!

This set of lyrics captures one of the things I like to hear in songs. It could easily have been a much more overt declaration, along the lines of: "I got drunk and crashed my car, and even though I got banged up, I'm still alive, for which I'm thankful" (my interpretation of the theme).

But instead, the lyrics just contain a few clues that this may have been the scenario, and leave you to fill in the blanks (which I did in my own way).

I have a fondness for subtlety and ambiguty, which these lyrics have.

Well done!

Thanks, Gecko

I love leaving things open to interpretation (hell, I usually don't interpret what I write till after it's written), but allow me to shed some light:

You're right about the scenario. It's about me pretty much trying to drink my problems away, driving, wrecking, and having an epiphany that things will get better.

The past couple weeks have been pretty rough on me. Between one of my best friends undergoing a long healing process from a severe car accident, my pretty serious relationship coming to a close, drifting away from a lot of close friends, stressing myself out by working too much, and exams coming up, I've done a pretty fair job looking on the bright side of things. I, in a kind of jokingly way, have considered vering off the road while driving, or otherwise ending my problems for good...I'm not suicidal in the slightest bit, but I just tend to think "what if" quite a lot. My "what if" to me getting myself in an accident, and ending up in the hospital with my friend led me to this song.

I'm glad you like it.

 

[LemonTree]

The quoted bit is a great line!

This set of lyrics captures one of the things I like to hear in songs. It could easily have been a much more overt declaration, along the lines of: "I got drunk and crashed my car, and even though I got banged up, I'm still alive, for which I'm thankful" (my interpretation of the theme).

But instead, the lyrics just contain a few clues that this may have been the scenario, and leave you to fill in the blanks (which I did in my own way).

I have a fondness for subtlety and ambiguty, which these lyrics have.

Well done!

Reminds me of an old song from the mp3.com days by a band called monofilament - scarred by fragile glass

 

[Frankie Rage]

I can only echo what Mr Gecko said so well. I like this lyric because it comes at you from an oblique angle, like poetry often does. Also some sincerity and heart comes across. Always write from the heart, I think! Awopbopaloobopalopbamboom! Like that, straight from the heart!

 

[up-fiddler]

Oh, Rudy!

.... Always write from the heart, I think! Awopbopaloobopalopbamboom! Like that, straight from the heart!

Now don't go gettin' all Tutti Fruiti on us. You're correct as far as writing with true emotion is concerned. +1 in repsville