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Bought myself a new look
Something gave me another chance to see
Each time, each time, I will try to do better
By now, by now, is where I guess I belong
Pull my fist from my mouth
I beat myself for a quarter century
Remind, remind
That it's bigger than me
Dissolve, dissolve
Into evergreens
These are things that I keep hidden in belly
I can't see them but they control my life
For a moment you could see right through me
See right through me
Help me make this right
Look at all those skeletons running from their closets
Get them in the light
These are things that I keep hidden in belly
I can't see them but they control my life
For a moment you could see right through me
See right through me
Help me make this right
Look at all those skeletons running from their closets
Get them in the light
Get them in the light
You can take it in stride
Or you can take it right between the eyes
Suck up, suck up
And take your medicine
It's a good day, it's a good day
To face the hard things
Pull my fist from my mouth
I beat myself for a quarter century
Remind, remind
That it's bigger than me
Dissolve, dissolve
Into evergreens
We found
Beautiful babies
Sleeping in our ribs
Get them in the light
Get them in the light
Something gave me another chance to see
Each time, each time, I will try to do better
By now, by now, is where I guess I belong
Pull my fist from my mouth
I beat myself for a quarter century
Remind, remind
That it's bigger than me
Dissolve, dissolve
Into evergreens
These are things that I keep hidden in belly
I can't see them but they control my life
For a moment you could see right through me
See right through me
Help me make this right
Look at all those skeletons running from their closets
Get them in the light
These are things that I keep hidden in belly
I can't see them but they control my life
For a moment you could see right through me
See right through me
Help me make this right
Look at all those skeletons running from their closets
Get them in the light
Get them in the light
You can take it in stride
Or you can take it right between the eyes
Suck up, suck up
And take your medicine
It's a good day, it's a good day
To face the hard things
Pull my fist from my mouth
I beat myself for a quarter century
Remind, remind
That it's bigger than me
Dissolve, dissolve
Into evergreens
We found
Beautiful babies
Sleeping in our ribs
Get them in the light
Get them in the light
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Track duration: 04:42
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"You can take it strides, or you can take it right between the eyes.
Suck up, suck up and take your medicine.
It's a good day, it's a good day to face the hard things."
"These are the things that I keep hidden in my belly" are just those problems/issues in your life that you refuse to work on because it's too hard!
The skeletons running from their closets represents freedom after dealing with your problems
The babies sleeping in our ribs represents growth and change. Newness.
I can't believe people thought this was about abortion!!! people are sooo literal! haha.
You can take it in stride
Or you can take it right between the eyes
Suck up, suck up
And take your medicine
It's a good day, it's a good day
To face the hard things
Then this part is telling the person to see that there are many things bigger than your problems. The world is not revolving around you. VV
Pull my fist from my mouth
I beat myself for a quarter century
Remind, remind
That it's bigger than me
Dissolve, dissolve
Into evergreens
and the part talking about babies and such, i think it just works in with how you should think about other things than yourself. "Taking Your Medicine" may mean that you should really listen to what people are telling you, suck it up and stop complaining.
"these are things that I keep hidden in my belly
I can't see them but they control my life"
is exactly how it feels to be depressed. the feeling is overbearing. it controls you in every way possible. but it's impossible to explain why or what the feeling is. but it's there and it eats you away. unless you decide to do something about it.
The strength and character that his lyrics reveal amaze me. They're a very real band- they don't sugarcoat pain, but they don't seem to allow themselves to wallow in it either. Their message is awesome. Yea, stuff happens, and it can be horrific, but there's no sense in allowing it to control your life. Face it, deal with it, move on, and be stronger for it.
Awesome, awesome band! This song challenges me beyond words. Seeing this song live was an experience I will never forget!