I have worked out every small detail, in this plan I've made
This thing which cannot fail.
I dare myself to do this one thing,
You can have my car, go on take everything.

All thats good has gone, has gone
I have tried too long

I don't think I'll miss my mom and dad
The class I cut
All the friends I never had
These things I wont miss wont miss me,
My house my block,
The baby bird that I set free.
The dance that I was never asked to,
The teachers that thought they knew me.
They'll all remember what I did,
They'll ask whos fault was it? Oh she was just a kid.

I'll be glad to go you see,
You don't even know me.
not at all

I'll be glad to go you see,
You don't even know me.
not at all



Lyrics submitted by ophelias_puddle

Track duration: 07:31


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  • +2
    Song Meaning:This is apparently the inspiration for the song:

    "On May 1, 1947, Evelyn McHale leapt to her death from the observation deck of the Empire State Building. Photographer Robert Wiles took a photo of McHale a few minutes after her death.

    The photo ran a couple of weeks later in Life magazine accompanied by the following caption:

    On May Day, just after leaving her fiancé, 23-year-old Evelyn McHale wrote a note. 'He is much better off without me ... I wouldn't make a good wife for anybody,' ... Then she crossed it out. She went to the observation platform of the Empire State Building. Through the mist she gazed at the street, 86 floors below. Then she jumped. In her desperate determination she leaped clear of the setbacks and hit a United Nations limousine parked at the curb. Across the street photography student Robert Wiles heard an explosive crash. Just four minutes after Evelyn McHale's death Wiles got this picture of death's violence and its composure."

    also.kottke.org/misc/images/…
    Flag heusedarsenicon April 16, 2011   Link
  • +1
    General Comment:For the person asking about the hidden song that follows this one, here are the lyrics to it:

    oh, we are as one with the acorn my son
    not trunk, not branch, nor tree
    you scratch at my skirts and thats what we call fun
    i rock you endlessly
    i'm Queen of the Hilltop
    you're Prince Number One
    i see the devil alive in your eyes
    i beg you no, don't stop, my baby, my son
    dont look at nobody but me
    oh, we are as one with the acorn my son
    that's where we ought to be
    Flag WitchDollon August 06, 2008   Link
  • 0
    General Comment:I've noticed that everyone here is responding based from having FELT that way, but that doesn't seem quite the same level as what this song is portraying, especially due to how many are struggling to grasp the concept of how "child-like" the lyrics and thought processes described in the song are.

    From the perspective of someone who has followed through with suicide, was teken to the ICU, and spent time in the psych ward after: Once you reach that point of depression and make that decision, that's basically how the brain is thinking. Just small, fact-by-bact details that all of a sudden meaning everything and are all too overwhelming, and and of the small, sad things (such as commenting on the classes she cut) are now bitterly funny. It doesn't matter what the age group, the mind starts working on bare, basic function by that point, if even that.

    a great video that represents this song wonderfully can be found on youtube.com if you use "Rasputina" as the keyword.
    Flag WitchDollon August 06, 2008   Link
  • 0
    General Comment:you missheard?

    "When did you start playing cello?"
    "I started playing the cello when i was nine, and Zoe was probably nine."
    "I was nine!"
    "Your nine?! That's... great."

    Begin song

    she never said that this song was about a nine-year-old, it's obviously about teen suicide
    Flag gunbladeron January 25, 2008   Link
  • 0
    General Comment:forgot the lyrics a few minutes after A Quitter has ended
    it goes on for a bit and then you hear the last song that has her daughter singing a little bit in it.
    Flag PeachFanon December 29, 2007   Link
  • 0
    General Comment:I agree with RAMS. I believe it's a teenager or an older girl because she does own a car. The way I see it is that this person is thinking about her past and since things haven't been great for her since she was younger, then it's not worth to go on.

    That's the way I relate to the song putting my own experiences into it.

    I've never really fit in or had any real friends. The teachers thought I was a good kid in the past, but I had problems at home and outside of school.

    I still can relate to this song. I love it and it made me very teary the first time I heard it.
    Flag xraggedyannxon September 11, 2007   Link
  • 0
    General Comment:excuse me, but little girls do not drive cars.
    hate to state the obvious.
    Flag RAMSon August 16, 2007   Link
  • 0
    General Comment:This is one of my favorite Rasputina songs. The first time I heard it, it really stuck with me. I agree thats I think it's about a younger girl, younger than a teenager. I think Melora really nailed it with the lyrics. I've heard songs about suicide before, but she names things that she wont miss that really make sense if you put your self in the shoes of someone who is thinking about suicide. Beautiful song, sad song.
    Flag tiltedtinkon February 22, 2007   Link
  • 0
    General Comment:markf i agree... i know its about suicide but i relate to it on a completely different level. the first time i heard this song i thought it was about teen suicide but then on the live album she said its about her when she was like 9 or something. i think its still about suicide but like... i feel like i can relate. this song has such a little kid feel to it kind of. i take it sort of as making a plan to run away. and swearing to and daring yourself to really go through with it this time. i know i had moments like that as a small little kid. i know that kids wouldnt have a car to leave behind so that got me kind of stumped but then i kind of remembered this yellow and red plastic rolly car thing i rode around in when i was little. i loved it so much! i parked it in front of my big plastic playhouse. so thats like the whole "my car" and "my house" stuff. if i was planning to run away for good its true it would be pretty hard for me to give up those possessions! the first time i heard it, and probably the reason i got the little kid image stuck in my head, was because i heard it as "my house, my blocks" and yeah. when i was a little kid i liked blocks alot. but yeah i see its my house my block. which is also kind of youthful imagery like hanging out with all the kids on the block. not fitting in with them would end in teasing and tears. put yourself in the little kids shoes and its a big deal. i really can picture this as a little girl running away.
    I also really related to the baby bird part of the song. when i was a baby i had like cartoons and the baby birds were the cutest things ever and i loved how jasmine set them free in aladin. it was one of the prettiest parts of the movie and even as a little kid i liked the symbolism. i was really obsessive about pets when i was little so setting my pet bird (or fish or turtle... whatever) free would really mean i was leaving that house for good. because baby birds dont come back.
    i dont know... i know im going on and on. i still agree with the suicide part. I just kind of say this little girl sitting at a bus stop with a little kitty backpack imagery when i heard this the first time
    Flag bonky109on February 19, 2007   Link
  • 0
    General Comment:It's definitely describing a girl's suicidal ideation as a result of social alienation and dissociation, but I can't help but get the feeling there's another level to it as well.
    Flag markfon August 10, 2006   Link

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