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Runs in the Family Lyrics
My friend has problems with winter and autumn.
They give him prescriptions, they shine bright lights on him. They say it's genetic, they say he can't help it, they say you can catch it, but sometimes you're born with it. My friend gets frights he gets shakes in the night and they say that there's no way that they could have caught it in time takes its toll on him. It is traditional. It is inherited. Predispositional. (All) day I've been wondering what is inside of me, who can I blame for it? I say it runs in the family. This family that carries me to such great lengths to open my legs up to anyone who'll have me. It runs in the family, I come by it honestly, do what you want 'cause who knows it might fill me up. me up me up me up me up me up me up me up fill me up me up me up me up me up me up me up me up. My friend's depressed, she's a wreck, she's a mess. They've done all sorts of tests and they guess it has something to do with her grandmother's grandfather's grandmother's civil war soldiers who probably infected her. My friend has maladies, rickets, and allergies that she dates back to the 17th century Somehow she manages in her misery. Strips in the city and shares all her best tricks with me well, I'm well well I mean I'm in hell well I still have my health at least that's what they tell me. If wellness is this what in hell's name is sickness? But business is business and business runs in the family. We tend to bruise easily. Mad in the blood. I'm telling you 'cause I just want you to know me, know me and my family. We're wonderful folks, but don't get too close to me 'cause you might knock me up. me up me up me up me up me up me up me up knock me up me up me up me up me up me up me up me up. Mary have mercy, now look what I've done, but don't blame me because I can't help where I come from. And running is something that we've always done well and mostly I can't even tell what I'm running from. Run from their pity, from responsibility. Run from the country and run from the city. (I) can run from the law, I can run from myself. I can run from my life, I can run into debt. I can run from it all, I can run til I'm gone. I can run for the office and run for the cause. I can run using every last ounce of energy. I cannot, I cannot, I cannot run from my family. They're hiding inside of me. Don't change my life. Help me if you might but just don't tell my family. They'd never forgive me. They'd say that I'm crazy. But they would say anything if it would shut me up, shut me up, shut me up, me up me up me up me up me up shut me up me up me up me up me up me up me up me up. |
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06-29-2008
01-02-2009
My friend has problems with winter and autumn.
They give him prescriptions, they shine bright lights on him.
They say it's genetic, they say he can't help it, they say you can catch it, but sometimes you're born with it.
I think Amanda may be referring to Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD); depression caused by lack of sunlight. People with SAD are usually affected the worst during winter in autumn, and are usually given treatment for it by shining a specially designed lamp into the person's eyes.
Not my favorite song, but it's okay.
06-16-2009
the right, offical lyrics.
this one is filled with too many errors.
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07-27-2008
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07-29-2008
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07-31-2008
I reckon this song is about mental illness and how it runs in the family.
"This family that carries me to such great lengths to open my legs up for anyone who'll have me. It runs in the family, I came by it honestly, do what you want who knows it might fill me up"
I think that this paragraph might be referring to a person with borderline personality disorder. people usually develop it because the have a dysfunctional family. plus, promiscuity is a feature of the disorder as is a feeling of emptiness, thus the 'fill me up'
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07-31-2008
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08-01-2008
"time takes its toll on him"
"all day I've been wondering"
There's an "all" overlapping the end of "predispositional"
"open my legs up to anyone who'll have me"
"it runs in the family, I come by it honestly. Do what you want 'cause who knows it might fill me up."
There are 14 "me up"s discluding the two "fill me up"so, and "knock me up"s, "shut me up"s.
"guess it has something to do with her grandmother's grandfather's grandmother's civil war soldiers"
"still have my health"
"I'm telling you 'cause I just want you to know me"
"don't get too close"
"but don't blame me because I can't help where I come from"
"help me if you might but just don't tell my family"
And the last part is all shut me up not shoot me up.
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08-02-2008
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08-02-2008
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08-03-2008
and i think it's 'shares all her best tricks with me well i'm well etc'
and health. not healthy
ta very much
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08-04-2008
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08-06-2008
06-16-2009
the whole verse is:
run from my family
they’re hiding inside me
corpses on ice
come in if you’d like
but just don’t tell my family
they’d never forgive me
http://whokilledamandapalmer.com/album
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08-09-2008
they give him prescriptions they shine bright lights on him
they say its genetic they say he can't help it
they say you can catch it but sometimes you're born with it
my friend has blight he gets shakes in the night
and they say that there's no way that they could have caught it in
time takes its toll on him it traditional
it is inherited predisposition
all day i've been wondering what is inside of me
who can i blame for it i say it runs in the family
this family that carries me to such great lengths
to open my legs up to anyone who'll have me
it runs in the family i come by it honestly
do what you want 'cos who knows it might fill me up
my friend's depressed she's a wreck she's a mess
they've done all sorts of tests and they guess it has something
to do with her grandmother's grandfather's grandmother
civil war soldiers who badly infected her
my friend has maladies rickets and allergies
that she dates back to the seventeenth century
somehow she manages in her misery
strips in the city and shares all her best tricks with
me well im well well i mean im in hell
well i still have my health at least thats what they tell me
if wellness is this what in hells name is sickness
but business is business and business runs in the family
we tend to bruise easily bad in the blood
im telling you 'cos i just want you to know me
know me and my family we're wonderful folks
but don't get too close to me 'cos you might knock me up
mary have mercy now look what i've done
but don't blame me because i can't tell where i come from
and running is something that we've always done well
and mostly i can't even tell what im running from
i run from their pity from responsibility
run from the country and run from the city
i can run from the law i can run from myself
i can run for my life i can run into debt
i can run from it all i can run till im gone
i can run for the office and run from the cause
i can run using every last once of energy
i can not i can not i can not run from
my family they're hiding inside of me corpses on ice
come in if you like but just don't tell my family
they'd never forgive me they'll say that i'm crazy
but they would say anything if it would shut me up
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08-16-2008
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08-17-2008
i also think that this song has reference to pharmaceutical companies and how they design a drug to "fix" anything and everything. just for the moolah. capitalism. . . such an evil evil thing. especially when population size has increased to allow such anonymity and indifference. hey, but we americans kepp on supporting it whole-heartedly.
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08-17-2008
why? it makes us humans feel better. cause if it has something to do with genetics (even if its the fear of ants). . . . well, then we can't control it. and we can blame it on someone/thing else. and we can go to the doctor for it.
01-04-2009
"Mary have mercy, now look what I've done, but don't blame me because I can't help where I come from."
"Run from their pity, from responsibility.
Run from the country and run from the city.
(I) can run from the law, I can run from myself.
I can run from my life, I can run into debt."
Those are fragments about people explainig themselves by illnesses. When she is singing about running from the law, she probably means explanation of temporary insanity, which is often used by criminals. But the other parts of song aren't about that. I think that Amanda has ambivalent attitude to this subject, which may be the result of her bipolar or borderline personality.
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08-28-2008
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09-12-2008
I heard that Amanda was hesitant about putting this one on her solo album. This song definitely makes me think of Half Jack from the first album.
This song is filled with so much, that it'd be hard for me to break it apart and analyze it all. But in the opening she talks about her friends and how they inherited these certain problems, how it's genetic and they can't help it. Which leads her into her own problems with her family and the illness she inherited from them, then back to talking about other friends that also carry "diseases" that their ancestors or family also had.
I'm not too sure what "illness" Amanda has. I think of promiscuity to be honest, since there are alot of sexual references. She goes on to say that her family would never forgive her if she told anyone. I don't think Amanda is saying that being promiscuous runs in her family. I think what she's saying is that her family was so fucked up that it just happened to make her this way. And of course what happened will always stay with her, be inside of her, and she can never run away from it.
...that's just my interpretation...i could be really wrong lol. Nonetheless, I really love this song. And if you haven't seen the video yet
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09-12-2008
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09-12-2008
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09-12-2008
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09-17-2008
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09-18-2008
Mad in the blood.
This phrase suggests to me hemophilia, one of the more famously inherited disorders. maybe.
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09-19-2008
If wellness is this what in hell's name is sickness?
But business is business and business runs in the family."
Her timing and writing skills in those lines are mindblowing.
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09-19-2008
If wellness is this what in hell's name is sickness?
But business is business and business runs in the family."
Her timing and writing skills in those lines are mindblowing.
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09-22-2008
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