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i'm tired
cynical and broken, but wiser
heavy with a sense of resentment
but i used to be so much different
i used to have so much faith
when i started
you knew that i always meant it
i knew i could make a difference
i struggled to be heard
and then finally, one day people started listening
and i knew it
but as soon as it began it was ruined
a slow descent from unique to routine
over and over
"just do it again and this time with feeling"
the spotlight
the focus on the friends and the feelings
that made those stupid songs all worth singing
and don't you say a word
unless you're pretty sure that you want it analyzed
so we drove
for what seemed like days
over roads
and four lane highways
we said all we had to say
and i realized in time that it didn't mean anything
never
not ever again...
not like that
"it's only a matter of time"
cynical and broken, but wiser
heavy with a sense of resentment
but i used to be so much different
i used to have so much faith
when i started
you knew that i always meant it
i knew i could make a difference
i struggled to be heard
and then finally, one day people started listening
and i knew it
but as soon as it began it was ruined
a slow descent from unique to routine
over and over
"just do it again and this time with feeling"
the spotlight
the focus on the friends and the feelings
that made those stupid songs all worth singing
and don't you say a word
unless you're pretty sure that you want it analyzed
so we drove
for what seemed like days
over roads
and four lane highways
we said all we had to say
and i realized in time that it didn't mean anything
never
not ever again...
not like that
"it's only a matter of time"
Lyrics submitted by almostmanda
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The piano is incredible in this song though, I just learned how to play it and once you get it down, it feels incredile. Playing this song relieves so much stress for me.
Just being unsatisfied with your life, you know? If you look at it from a basic point, it just this guy saying "Wow, I really hate where I am right now. What happened? Why am I so down?" and then explaining what lead to him feeling like that.
IMHO, anyway.
You have to do things that aren't really you at all for people to like you.
a lot of straylights songs are about this.
"I'm tired, cynical and broken but wiser, heavy with a sense of resentment"
-- A Slow Descent by SR
"Older and wiser still live with resentment"
-- I am Fred Astaire by TBS
definitely a connection there
this song is really good though, i can apply it to my life too.