17 February 2004 (Tuesday)
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Well, this is my second song of the night...I guess I just don't want to go to bed now do I??? It's 3 a.m. This song is about that situation when someone tells you they want to commit suicide....it's like...what do you say to that? I just listen mostly and if they ask for advice I do my best to give it to them...but they don't always like what they hear. I hate how you feel like it might be your fault if they DO go through with their plan...like maybe you could have done something...
One Foot In The Grave
Words/Music by Matt Hopper
I got one foot in the grave
And I hate feeling this way
You can try but all your words just don’t amount to what I said
You can invite me to church but I’ll be at the bar instead
Oh no, oh no my friend is going down
Down at the dock he shot a hole and he is gonna drown
I hate what you do to me
I don’t want to feel guilty
Comments: 4
Very cool vocal harmonies! I dig it. Almost seems too happy for the subject matter, though.
eric [09:25AM CST 17-Feb-2004]
dag-nabbit! i was thinking about writing a "one foot in the grave"... i think i might be on a cliché kick, dunno. i concur with the distadster, well done, good harmonies, eerily poppy. but if TMBG can write sing-along songs about suicide, then, well, anything is possible.
burr [09:49AM CST 17-Feb-2004]
wow, 2 songs in 1 night! you amaze me! i totally agree, the harmonies sound so good! so pretty. i love it.
becky [12:30PM CST 17-Feb-2004]
I learned a thing or to from The Smiths Eric :) ha ha. Burr, go for it - write your own "foot in the grave tune"...Becky, thanks for the encouragement, you're the best.
hopper [01:47PM CST 17-Feb-2004]