Barely ever fight
She knows that I love her
At first we made it every night
But I don't want to bug her bout it

She just has a funny way of loving me
Pair of ticket stubs in her desk
A movie I'd never seen
I probably shouldn't ask

It sounds so accusing
She must have forgotten to mention girls' night out
The breakfast cereal talked more than we did all day long
I asked her for a walk but she had to be on her way

So I told her I knew she'd been stepping out
She swore that it would not happen again
She swore that she could explain
We both knew her words were in vain



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Track duration: 04:01

"Bad Diary Days" as written by David Shannon Bazan

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    General Comment::'(
    Flag Willboeon February 15, 2010   Link
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    Song Meaning:David Bazan's wife obviously had problems with infidelities. It's just a song about her sneaking out and lying about it.
    Flag fivepervolumeon December 19, 2008   Link
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    General Comment:The song is about a girl cheating on the narrator and their breakup
    Flag johnielsen08on January 10, 2008   Link
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    General Comment:I cant put in words how this song makes me feel. This is perfect.
    Flag deathcabformelon December 14, 2007   Link
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    General Comment:and yeah, i thought "Snap Crackle Pop" too.
    Flag meganlikesmusicon September 24, 2007   Link
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    General Comment:I think the meaning is quite evident if you pay attention to the words, and I agree with a lot of these posts, the lyrics are subtle, intensified by David's somewhat soft voice.
    I really like the breakdown in this song, I think it adds more emotion than just sadness to the entire song.
    solid.
    Flag meganlikesmusicon September 22, 2007   Link
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    General Comment:Am I the only one who thought - Snap Crackle and Pop?
    Flag needurpasswordon April 12, 2007   Link
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    General Comment:I'm surprised no one has mentioned this yet, but I love the line, "The breakfast cereal talked more than we did all day long." Great bit of writing there, out of a whole career of great bits of writing.
    Flag NorthWriteron February 08, 2007   Link
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    General Comment:The first PTL's song i knew... how many hours with this sound without really udnerstand the lyrics (im french and i never saw the lyrics before). i udnerstood somesparts but now im reading that and... oh my god, its so so simple and so beautiful, the little details of our life in one chorus, the sadness is all around, i can listening this song for ever. and the guitar part... awesome, really awesome in my opinion.

    yes i read something David is a believer, im agnostic but i udnerstand, i share his lyrics with him... i dont know if there is some religions meaningin this song but its one of the best ever song ever...
    Flag DoItForTheTeamon January 28, 2007   Link
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    General Comment:this was the first pedro the lion song I ever heard. I like because it has detail, but it is also relatable at the same time.
    Flag brokenspoonson December 19, 2006   Link

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