Lyrics for If I Ever Feel Better as interpreted by hermelinus

If I Ever Feel Better Lyrics
They say an end can be a start
Feels like I've been buried yet I'm still alive
It's like a bad day that never ends
I feel the chaos around me
A thing I don't try to deny
I'd better learn to accept that
There are things in my life that I can't control
They say love ain't nothing but a sore
I don't even know what love is
Too many tears have had to fall
Don't you know I'm so tired of it all
I have known terror dizzy spells
Finding out the secrets words won't tell
Whatever it is it can't be named
There's a part of my world that' s fading away
You know I don't want to be clever
To be brilliant or superior
True like ice, true like fire
Now I know that a breeze can blow me away
Now I know there's much more dignity
In defeat than in the brightest victory
I'm losing my balance on the tight rope
Tell me please, tell me please, tell me please...If I ever feel better
Remind me to spend some good time with you
You can give me your number
When it's all over I'll let you know
Hang on to the good days
I can lean on my friends
They help me going through hard times
But I'm feeding the enemy
I'm in league with the foe
Blame me for what's happening
I can't try, I can't try, I can't try...
No one knows the hard times I went through
If happiness came I miss the call
The stormy days ain't over
I've tried and lost know I think that I pay the cost
Now I've watched all my castles fall
They were made of dust, after al
lSomeday all this mess will make me laugh
I can't wait, I can't wait, I can't wait...
If I ever feel better
Remind me to spend some good time with you
You can give me your number
When it's all over I'll let you know
If I ever feel better
Remind me to spend some good time with you
You can give me your number
When it's all over I'll let you know
It's like somebody took my place
I ain't even playing my own game
The rules have changed well I didn't know
There are things in my life I can't control
I feel the chaos around me
A thing I don't try to deny
I'd better learn to accept that
There's a part of my life that will go away
Dark is the night, cold is the ground
In the circular solitude of my heart
As one who strives a hill to climb
I am sure I'll come through I don't know how
They say an end can be a start
Feels like I've been buried yet I'm still alive
I'm losing my balance on the tight rope
Tell me please, tell me please, tell me please...
If I ever feel better
Remind me to spend some good time with you
You can give me your number
When it's all over I'll let you know
If I ever feel better
Remind me to spend some good time with you
You can give me your number
When it's all over I'll let you know
If I ever feel better
Remind me to spend some good time with you
You can give me your number
When it's all over I'll let you know

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cuteLSD
05-13-2002

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I think this song is about mending a broken heart,and I completely agree wth the lyric.and it's also a great song with catchy music.

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weezerific:cutlery
04-14-2004

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i love the bass line.

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Smiley75220
04-30-2004

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i think this song is simply about growing up and the pains of growing up (think 20-29 years of age) mixed with love and friends, good times and bad times, this song humbles me so.

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thesearetherules
02-06-2005

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the lyrics contradict the beat, but thats what makes it so great. you can dance to this song without any feeling. any good feeling at least. so satisfying.

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jmzr22
05-12-2005

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Fantastically empty song, with a tinge of hopefulness.
Love it.
Aside from that, very accessible, and one of my fav. Phoenix tracks.
So DO bop to it... do.

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velocityJE
07-29-2005

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Some of the lines to me could be interpreted as an addict of some type, be it an alcoholic, other drugs, or whatever, making an attempt or otherwise struggling to overcome his addiction. That's just what I hear, I dunno. The video....I don't get it, to be sure.

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alyxtaix
10-10-2005

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Heck i didn't have time to read through the entire lyrics..w/e. its really chilled out.the entire song..
I first heard it around 4 years back..n its stuck eversince..>>to think that i burnt it on a cd jus last sat??!

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aku
03-12-2006

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'if i ever feel better, remind me to spend some good time with you"

haha! just how i felt like before.

for me, it's like there's this person you would like to get to know, but the time is just not right.

=)

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531
03-30-2006

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"They say love ain't nothing but a sore
I don't even know what love is
Too many tears have had to fall
Don't you know I'm so tired of it all"

These lines - Especially the way the singer in this band makes them sound just won't leave my mind. Iv'e listened to this song a great many times, never gets old!

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tinyflowers
05-02-2006

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I love this sonnnng :) i agree that it has to do with a mending heart. and also that they may not be ready yet.

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Super Dave
05-17-2006

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I think you guys got it right.

It's a song about a guy whose just gotten over something special and he's not ready, but will not let a good thing pass him by.

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delial
09-30-2006

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a message to a potential love interest, pretty much saying if he ever gets over the person who recently destroyed his heart, then she's the first person he'd consider being with. sweet!

Edited by delial on May 28 2008, at 07:00AM



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3xz
10-06-2006

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gRoovY!

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_ellie
10-28-2006

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omw

yessir

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smashingbazil
03-11-2007

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At first listen the song seems harrowing, a wall of lyrics directed straight towards you with soft spoken bass lines and simple guitar phrases and a synthesizer adhesive gluing it all together. Upon reading the lyrics, my ears start to acclimate to the song and judging from the push/pull style of lyrics, these words must have been penned post a depressive melancholy state during the lyricisists' life, or it could just be random phrases written one after the other in rap form;) either way it's a great tune.

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Celtic_FC
05-08-2007

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I love this song...I love this band...I love this website.

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the_untitled
05-17-2007

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When I heard "Run Run Run" by Phoenix, I thought they were an "eh" band. And then I heard this song on someone's profile, and I feel the love starting to grow.

I caught this song at the tail end of my own experience of what the song is about (heartbreak and trying to get out of it). All through my experience I tried talking to other people about it, but no one could help. When I heard this song, it was like "Finally, someone understands."

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creosote
09-09-2007

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this is the first time I ever saw the title, before I always thought he was saying "If I ever feel BAD AT ALL.." not beee--ttt--errr.

that completely changes the meaning of the song! wow

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sinking_cork
11-29-2007

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isnīt it "I'm losing my balance on the slide rope" instead of tight?
phoenix are the best in lyrics!! This song means twice as much to me when I read the lyrics! =)

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productofthe80s
12-04-2007

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Saw Phoenix at this yrs V Festival in Oz .. I wasnt familiar with them, but I clearly remember this song, everyone was singing along, I was right up front in this insane atmosphere.. this song got me hooked :) Feel very lucky to have seen them, brilliant live, brilliant songs..

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kdkmusic
04-05-2008

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this song sucks

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ryazbeck
04-30-2008

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this easily my new favorite song. so much to relate to.

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valgal
05-17-2008

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I love this song!!! Cuz i feel the same as the guy from the song. I feel like i am at a point were everything is just coming at me to fast and just realizing it and other people expect you to act the same but u just have to ask them to give u their number so whenever u feel better u can call them back to spend some actuall good time.
This song never gets old.... i always feel better when i hear it...;D

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Sunna
11-13-2008

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I love this song.. when I broke up with my ex I listen to it repeat for a long time, and it really helpīt me .

"There are things in my life that I can't control"
love it!


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anothalias
02-21-2009

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"If I ever feel better, remind me to spend some good time with you. You can give me your number, when it's all over I'll let you know" -- Which means he won't be calling when he does. Ah, love.

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