Dave Brown

Bitter songs, fight!

I was listening to the Wallflowers today, a band known for a cynical point of view and somewhat bitter lyrics. They came up with the following lyrics from the song “Health and Happiness”:

I wish you health, I wish you happiness, I wish you happiness, but absolutely nothing else.
I wish you health, I wish you happiness, I wish you happiness, but absolutely nothing else.
Now I’m not here to keep an eye on you, I think you misunderstood.
Yeah, I could make thing easy for you. I won’t but I could.

Which kind of reminded me of a different song, which I then had to listen to several times to get out of my system.

Dreams Come True is a band known for their generally-positive outlook and cheerful lyrics. Hence the following lyrics:

I can feel the sun is rising,
I open up my eyes and then I see
You’re not next to me
I think I feel a little dizzy
Maybe I should sleep away the day,
And make it go away
But now the leaves are falling,
A brand new day is calling…

I don’t want to lay here feeling sorry for myself
I don’t want to hate you, but I don’t want to wish you well

Ouch.

I think that Dreams Come True wins this one pretty well hands down. At least Jakob Dylan wishes his ex health and happiness. Dang. Miwa Yoshida is just...more bitter. I wonder what happened to her.