Better Than Ezra – Good

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  My Interpretation:Doubt it's a dead body because of "call or write you a letter".
  
  To me, it sounds like someone coming home to find that their lover is gone. Their farewell letter said it was good living with them.
  
  The person who lives at the house is lonely and looking for signs of the liveliness that the presence of the old lover used to bring, but all is quiet.
  
  They're insecure about contacting the flown lover, but if they did, they would not be too proud to say it was good living with them.
  
  If the flown lover had loved the singer enough, they wouldn't have left. If the singer didn't love the flown lover too much, the singer wouldn't miss them so much
  
  So, this is probably about realizing way too late that you actually were in love with someone you let get away.

  Flag GAlfredinion August 07, 2012   Link

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  General Comment:I'm pretty sure the song is about the character/singer finding a suicide note in the house and he's
  to check. Hence the "I'm not to proud" because he's leaving because he know's what he'll find, a body.

  Flag AdjectiveOceanon August 14, 2010   Link

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  General Comment:i love this song.
  it's my favorite at the moment(:

  Flag JustALittleUnwellon August 09, 2010   Link

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  General Comment: Reminds me of this girl I was dating this summer for a short period. It was a lot of fun while it lasted, but like all good things it had to come to an end. No regrets between either party. To me I got nothin else to say but shrug, smile and say "it was good".
  
  No regrets, nothin else left to say.

  Flag bearfan34on June 30, 2009   Link

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  General Comment:it's "it was good living with you" dumbass. i don't know where you get your information from, but like said above, look on the BAND's website. doesn't even sound like "isn't this good..." god what a failure you are paco taco.

  Flag lefttheretodrownon February 27, 2009   Link

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  General Comment:Who really gives a shit if that section was "Isn't" or "Idn't"? Does it really make THAT big of a difference in the meaning of the song? By the way, the simplicity of the bass line in this song is pretty sweet, and very catchy as well. It's so very simple, but it really makes the song. IMO anyway.

  Flag FreezeSukkaon November 28, 2008   Link

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    This song came out when I was a sophomore. I had just started dating a crazy artist who was (and is) one of if not the most talented and funny person I'd ever met. We both loved the song's hook and "Whah-ha" and sang along with the radio. When his car radio died, we'd sing it by memory to entertain our friends in the backseat. We both learned to play the bassline. We saw Better Than Ezra at Pointfest 4 in St. Louis. The crowd, our friends, the band, the song- I'll never forget that day. When we broke up three years later, the lyrics had a cutting new meaning. That was eleven years ago and no matter where I am, if I hear that song- at the pool, in my car, at a party- time freezes and my heart remembers Dave.

    Flag eyelandbabyon June 10, 2009  
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  General Comment:Actually I apologize that WAS the wrong lyrics. They are actually "uh-huh, isn't this good living with you." It gets misconstrued all the time because he says "isn't" like "idn't" if that makes since. So once again hideandseek I hate to break it to YOU.
  
  Listen to the song and you'll hear it. The lyrics on this page are wrong.

  Flag Paco Tacoon January 09, 2008   Link

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  General Comment:PacoTaco, I hate to break it to YOU, but the actual lyric is "Aha, it was good living with you." Just check the band's website.

  Flag _hideandseekon November 14, 2007   Link

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  General Comment:Mmmm... good.

  Flag xmakesherflyxon August 29, 2007   Link

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  General Comment:I hate to break it to a lot of you but the actual lyric is "uh huh, isn't it good living with you". I, for years, thought it was "it was good living with you", but its not. Just give the song another listen and you'll see.

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