Today's Song Is...
Today’s Song Is....
"Like A Friend" by Pulp
So I do this weird thing where I will run my cursor through my Itunes and blindly click on a song and then I look up the lyrics to the song and see how I feel about the words. Some people do this with the Bible to see the lesson they should learn for the day, well as some of you know music is my religion so today's song is "Like A Friend" by Pulp. I looked up the lyrics and they are below. I read through the lyrics and here are my thoughts.
I like the line "You are the last drink I never should have drunk"; in the bar business we call this the BDD or Bad Decision Drink. You know that one drink that puts you over the edge. You were cool and chillin' with an almost empty rocks glass in front of you and someone says, "Hey come on, just one more" and you know in your heart of hearts that you shouldn't have this drink. You are drunk but, not crazy and you feel good and you know this next drink will bring pain. You say, "Sure just one more though, I got shit to do tomorrow". You will never make it to that shit tomorrow and deep down you know it. So you head into the BDD and next thing you know you wake up with your pants around your ankles, a fake eyelash glued to your bottom lip, make-up smeared all over your clean sheets, a pounding headache that is right behind your left eye, the cat is licking the bottom of your foot and someone is snoring and it is not you. You slowly recount the events from the night before and your first thought is "how did this happen, I was cool, I was chill, what the hell?" Then you remember the BDD and it suddenly all makes horrible sense.
I figure sometimes love is like this, you are sitting with your head all cool, your heart is chill and someone offers you the BDD of relationships and you say, "ok but just this last one, I've got shit to do with my life" then when it is all said and done you are looking everywhere for your dignity, your heart is stuck to the bottom of his shoe, your friends are hiding from your depression, you are angry and most likely you will have one moment where you are crying like a child with the hiccups. You swear to yourself that you will never do this again but, then Saturday comes along and your head is on straight, your heart is chill and someone offers you the BDD.
My friends just say "No thank you, I am good" but, we all know you won't listen because I most likely will be the one offering you the BDD. So let's play it cool the next morning and never mention any of this again. We will have an awkward breakfast full of regret and no eye contact. It will be fun but, uncomfortable and I will order a mimosa. What will you be having?
Like A Friend by Pulp
Don't bother saying you're sorry / Why don't you come in
Smoke all my cigarettes again / Every time I get no further
How long has it been? / Come on in now, wipe your feet on my dreams
You take up my time / Like some cheap magazine
When I could have been learning something
Oh well, you know what I mean, oh / I've done this before
And I will do it again / Come on and kill me baby
While you smile like a friend / Oh and I'll come running
Just to do it again / You are the last drink I never should have drunk
You are the body hidden in the trunk / You are the habit I can't seem to kick
You are my secrets on the front page every week
You are the car I never should have bought
You are the dream I never should have caught
You are the cut that makes me hide my face
You are the party that makes me feel my age
Like a car crash I can see but I just can't avoid
Like a plane I've been told I never should board
Like a film that's so bad but I've got to stay till the end
Let me tell you now: it's lucky for you that we're friends.
"Like A Friend" by Pulp
So I do this weird thing where I will run my cursor through my Itunes and blindly click on a song and then I look up the lyrics to the song and see how I feel about the words. Some people do this with the Bible to see the lesson they should learn for the day, well as some of you know music is my religion so today's song is "Like A Friend" by Pulp. I looked up the lyrics and they are below. I read through the lyrics and here are my thoughts.
I like the line "You are the last drink I never should have drunk"; in the bar business we call this the BDD or Bad Decision Drink. You know that one drink that puts you over the edge. You were cool and chillin' with an almost empty rocks glass in front of you and someone says, "Hey come on, just one more" and you know in your heart of hearts that you shouldn't have this drink. You are drunk but, not crazy and you feel good and you know this next drink will bring pain. You say, "Sure just one more though, I got shit to do tomorrow". You will never make it to that shit tomorrow and deep down you know it. So you head into the BDD and next thing you know you wake up with your pants around your ankles, a fake eyelash glued to your bottom lip, make-up smeared all over your clean sheets, a pounding headache that is right behind your left eye, the cat is licking the bottom of your foot and someone is snoring and it is not you. You slowly recount the events from the night before and your first thought is "how did this happen, I was cool, I was chill, what the hell?" Then you remember the BDD and it suddenly all makes horrible sense.
I figure sometimes love is like this, you are sitting with your head all cool, your heart is chill and someone offers you the BDD of relationships and you say, "ok but just this last one, I've got shit to do with my life" then when it is all said and done you are looking everywhere for your dignity, your heart is stuck to the bottom of his shoe, your friends are hiding from your depression, you are angry and most likely you will have one moment where you are crying like a child with the hiccups. You swear to yourself that you will never do this again but, then Saturday comes along and your head is on straight, your heart is chill and someone offers you the BDD.
My friends just say "No thank you, I am good" but, we all know you won't listen because I most likely will be the one offering you the BDD. So let's play it cool the next morning and never mention any of this again. We will have an awkward breakfast full of regret and no eye contact. It will be fun but, uncomfortable and I will order a mimosa. What will you be having?
Like A Friend by Pulp
Don't bother saying you're sorry / Why don't you come in
Smoke all my cigarettes again / Every time I get no further
How long has it been? / Come on in now, wipe your feet on my dreams
You take up my time / Like some cheap magazine
When I could have been learning something
Oh well, you know what I mean, oh / I've done this before
And I will do it again / Come on and kill me baby
While you smile like a friend / Oh and I'll come running
Just to do it again / You are the last drink I never should have drunk
You are the body hidden in the trunk / You are the habit I can't seem to kick
You are my secrets on the front page every week
You are the car I never should have bought
You are the dream I never should have caught
You are the cut that makes me hide my face
You are the party that makes me feel my age
Like a car crash I can see but I just can't avoid
Like a plane I've been told I never should board
Like a film that's so bad but I've got to stay till the end
Let me tell you now: it's lucky for you that we're friends.