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I'll fake it through the day
With some help from johnny walker red
Send the poison rain down the drain
To put bad thoughts in my head
Two tickets torn in half
And a lot of nothing to do
Do you miss me, miss misery
Like you say you do?
A man in the park
Read the lines in my hand
Told me i'm strong
Hardly ever wrong i said man you mean
You had plans for both of us
That involved a trip out of town
To a place i've seen in a magazine
That you left lying around
I don't have you with me but
I keep a good attitude
Do you miss me, miss misery
Like you say you do?
I know you'd rather see me gone
Than to see me the way that i am
But i am in the life anyway
Next door the tv's flashing
Blue frames on the wall
It's a comedy of errors, you see
It's about taking a fall
To vanish into oblivion
Is easy to do
And i try to be but you know me
I come back when you want me to
Do you miss me miss misery
Like you say you do?
With some help from johnny walker red
Send the poison rain down the drain
To put bad thoughts in my head
Two tickets torn in half
And a lot of nothing to do
Do you miss me, miss misery
Like you say you do?
A man in the park
Read the lines in my hand
Told me i'm strong
Hardly ever wrong i said man you mean
You had plans for both of us
That involved a trip out of town
To a place i've seen in a magazine
That you left lying around
I don't have you with me but
I keep a good attitude
Do you miss me, miss misery
Like you say you do?
I know you'd rather see me gone
Than to see me the way that i am
But i am in the life anyway
Next door the tv's flashing
Blue frames on the wall
It's a comedy of errors, you see
It's about taking a fall
To vanish into oblivion
Is easy to do
And i try to be but you know me
I come back when you want me to
Do you miss me miss misery
Like you say you do?
Lyrics submitted by BlueAndStarry
Track duration: 03:12
"Miss Misery" as written by Steven P. Smith
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
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This is the most depressing song ever - which makes it one of the best.
You had plans for both of us". I hear "Hardly ever wrong I said man you mean you
I had plans for both of us" ? I hear it this way every time I listen to this song.
I'll fake it through the day
With some help from Johnny Walker Red
(Johnny Walker is whisky, so he is drinking to get through the day, implying that he's depressed but masking his feelings)
Send the poison brain down the drain
To put bad thoughts in my head
(This is an alcohol reference, also aknowledging his depressive or nagative thoughts, often a sign of alcohol abuse)
Your two tickets torn in half
And a lot of nothing to do
(It doesn't say what the tickets are for because it's irrelivant, but it implies that he went "wherever" with someone else, the other "person" being "mysery")
Do you miss me, Miss Misery
Like you say you do?
(Depression "misery", is coaxing him back to "her")
A man in the park
Read the lines in my hand
Told me I'm strong
Hardly ever wrong I said man you mean
(I took this more literal, talking about a fortune teller whom said he was strong based on his palm reading. I believe Elliot is questioning the man on his prediction of Elliot's strength, since Elliot knows he is depressed and weak emotionally)
You had plans for both of us
That involved a trip out of town
To a place I've seen in a magazine
That you left lying around
(I believe this is an actual trip that was planned, but more of a retreat than a fun vacation. I should also point out that when he says "you" left lying around, he is still refering to himself in a depressive mood. When people are depressed they often don't take care of chores, which is why the magazine is laying around)
I don't have you with me
But I keep a good attitude
Do you miss me, Miss Misery
Like you say you do?
(When "misery is not around he has a good attitude, in good spirits)
I know you'd rather see me gone
Than to see me the way that I am
But I am in the life anyway
(This is about suicide, "misery" would rather see him dead than living a "normal life")
Next door the TV's flashing
Blue frames on the wall
It's a comedy of errors, you see
It's about taking a fall
(Blue frames on the wall sets the mood for watching tv late night, this sets up the play on words he uses next to describe "the comedy of errors". Sort of like when a clown slips on a banana and we laugh, but translated into an emotional sense. This also plays into the first line "fake it through the day", how we laugh at things that's aren't funny to help us cope)
To vanish into oblivion
Is easy to do
("oblivion" is a great word to describe the mind of someone in a depressive state, numb or spaced out)
And I try to be but you know me
I come back when you want me to
Do you miss me, Miss Misery
Like you say you do?
(This is restating "misery's" power over him, he will always return, which is the attachment or dependency to sadness I stated earlier)
Told me I'm strong
Hardly ever wrong I said man you mean you
I had plans for both of us
That involved a trip out of town
HL works