Lyrics for Not Half Right as interpreted by Fenrir171

Not Half Right Lyrics
Well you shouldn't doctor yourself
Well I pictured somebody else
Someone who looks like
What I look like

Would you say that the one of your dreams
Got in you and ripped out the seems
That's what I'd say
That's what I'd say

He was a sucker for your double dose
Motherfucker turned white as a ghost
Don't you say hi
Don't you say hi

With a broken sink for a face
And a head that just takes up space
He's not half right
He's not half right

Its already half past
And it won't last

I was sticking up for my friend
But theres nothing much to defend
It's a lost fight
It's a lost fight

'Cause when I talk to you on the phone
Well it's just like being alone
It's not half right
It's not half right

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shellybean
03-03-2005

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I love this song so much
it's one of my favorites...
I could listen to it over and over

my favorite lines are "would you say that the one of your dreams got in you and ripped out the seams? That's what I'd say.."
how many times has that happened to just about everyone? People are shallow, empty-minded, and selfish.

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lost_in_twlight
06-30-2005

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the intro is gorgeously simple......
and i love teh first line "Well you shouldn't doctor yourself"

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choose_starlight55
01-08-2006

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lovely intro, and the lyrics

"'Cause when I talk to you on the phone
Well it's just like being alone
It's not half right
It's not half right"

hit me with speechlessness

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ikefox
02-19-2006

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This song is beautiful.

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giv_emhellkid
05-07-2006

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i love this song

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giv_emhellkid
06-02-2006

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it makes me kinda sick though at the thought that jimmy eat world covered this song

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theodorant
06-13-2006

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The JEW cover sounds pretty much the same as the Heatmiser version, I don't know why it'd make you sick that they covered the song. They didn't butcher it or anything.

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put_urself_on_par
06-28-2006

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jimmy eat world suck poo they are no talent scum who have to steal other peoples music to make some money. The fact that it sounds exactly the same as the heatmiser song makes it even worse they copied it exactly

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straylightrun
10-08-2006

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jeeze guys, calm down.

Be happy that the *ahem* "no talent scum" brought new people to appreciate heatmiser....sure it probably won't mean the same to them as it does to you, but does it ever??? for anyone?

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Misplaced
12-01-2006

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This reminds me of my best friend. we drifted apart and it all just seemed to fall apart. I found this song via JEW.. and I'm really grateful to them for this.. So no bad words against them please. I also looked into the rest of heatmisers's stuff because of their covers and quotes in songs.. :)
Awesome song.
x

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SVTristan
07-16-2007

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JEW is NOT "no talent scum", come to think of it, the band of which you are named after "Stray Light Run" Is no talent scum. Now that we've cleared that little problem up, This song seems to be about a friend of a rather brash guy that breaks the girl's heart and walks out on her, and so now shes crushed, hence the verse "Well it's just like being alone" she can't even speak to her friend anymore because of what his friend did to her. And the JEW version is also very beautiful, and Elliott Smith himself was a fan of some of JEWs earlier stuff, so stop the bashing.

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wannabesluts
09-18-2007

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i love this song for 2 reasons.
first, it's amazing. the line 'when i talk to you on the phone.. ' is soo good.
and second jimmy eat world refernces it. gotta love that.

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anemptyroom
12-25-2007

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So, uh, I don't really feel like bitching about the relative merits of Heatmiser, JEW or Straylight Run, but I've always thought that this song is about the singer and a friend becoming estranged over the friend's drug use ("He was a sucker for your double dose" and "A head that just takes up space"). Also, Elliott Smith did a gorgeous acoustic version of this solo on the "New Moon" compilation of his unreleased stuff. Soooo good.

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countxtoxthree
01-12-2008

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i agreee with anemptyroon.... i have this song live performed by elliott smith and also i have it from new moon and heatmiser version too :]
i used to go to sleep with this song... the lyrics are beautiful...

in such a beautiful song, why are so many people fighting in the comments??! i'd wish to tell you all to keep your discriminative comments to the least, because when you see somebody who appreciates the good music act like this around it, it's huge shame to everyone.

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notoriousfat67
02-04-2008

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quit bashing bands and appreciate the damn music! Im a fan of straylight run, jew, and elliot smith/heatmiser and its cool if you guys don't like all three but cant you just show each of them mutual respect?

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blahdu
09-24-2008

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why is this song named "half right" in some places and "not half right"

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blahdu
09-24-2008

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... in other places

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Cavauro
07-08-2009

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I don't think 'Not Half Right' exists anywhere and it's just a mixup that never goes away.

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