“You’ll be sorry. You always feel sorry later on.” That part gets me the most. That’s always how they act, isn’t it? They treat you like shit, then come back and are all like “I’m so sorry! I promise it won’t happen again!” But the promise wasn’t real and they’re not really sorry. They just want you to think that so you won’t hold what they did or said against them. Then they repeat those apologies and promises to you after it inevitably _does_ happen again.
However John found the courage to sing a song like this, I want to applaud him for it. Because it's probably the best song about parental abuse I've ever heard.
Because It looks like some great big artistic, courageous choice from the outside...but eventually, telling the truth starts feeling better than avoiding it..
You have got that look in your eye in the pinprick point where kindness goes to die I'll be six years old next year You erase me you'll be sorry you always feel sorry later on when you come around to say so I will be gone and in my place meet my letter perfect body double you erase me when i got ready to set out on my own took up the reigns myself all through you dug the spurs in clean down to the bone but all that comes later now there's only you and me and the replica where my body used to be you can go ahead and hit him he feels no pain at all you erase me you erase me
Songs like this make me think of that Jeffrey Lewis album title; "its the one's who've cracked that the light shines through" I'd never wish the life John's endured on anyone, but damn has it produced some beautiful goddamn music.
"When I got bigger , I set out on my own took up the reigns myself all through you dug the spurs in clean down to the bone, but all that comes later." That "but all that comes later" really drives that point home. When people say "one day you'll look back at this and you'll know you're stronger for it" it doesn't matter how true that may be, all that comes later...
“You’ll be sorry. You always feel sorry later on.”
That part gets me the most.
That’s always how they act, isn’t it? They treat you like shit, then come back and are all like “I’m so sorry! I promise it won’t happen again!”
But the promise wasn’t real and they’re not really sorry. They just want you to think that so you won’t hold what they did or said against them.
Then they repeat those apologies and promises to you after it inevitably _does_ happen again.
However John found the courage to sing a song like this, I want to applaud him for it. Because it's probably the best song about parental abuse I've ever heard.
Because
It looks like some great big artistic, courageous choice from the outside...but eventually, telling the truth starts feeling better than avoiding it..
revisiting this. having a cig at 4am. it’s the same type of feeling. good god will it ever go away
Can John just…not? Can he not evoke the emotions I’ve learned to bury so well cuz now I’m CRYING and dammit john 😭
Back here to cry ✌🏻
@@arlis7601 i love you, friend.
he played this at the l.a. show on wednesday. you could have heard a pin drop. so powerful.
You have got
that look in your eye
in the pinprick point where kindness goes to die
I'll be six years old next year
You erase me
you'll be sorry
you always feel sorry later on
when you come around to say so
I will be gone
and in my place meet my letter perfect body double
you erase me
when i got ready
to set out on my own
took up the reigns myself all through you
dug the spurs in clean down to the bone
but all that comes later
now there's only you and me
and the replica where my body used to be
you can go ahead and hit him
he feels no pain at all
you erase me
you erase me
Holy shit, I’ve watched so many John bootlegs, and I’ve never heard this. Fucking heartbreaking shit
Heard this song for the first time live at The Mayan this year.
Holy crap... Legitimately brought a tear to my eye.
Holy hell. This fucking hurts.
Wow. D:
Songs like this make me think of that Jeffrey Lewis album title;
"its the one's who've cracked that the light shines through"
I'd never wish the life John's endured on anyone, but damn has it produced some beautiful goddamn music.
"When I got bigger , I set out on my own took up the reigns myself all through you dug the spurs in clean down to the bone, but all that comes later."
That "but all that comes later" really drives that point home.
When people say "one day you'll look back at this and you'll know you're stronger for it" it doesn't matter how true that may be, all that comes later...
Yeah, you're damn right there are no dislikes!
(this was before TH-cam removed visible dislikes)
And how silent the crowd is...
Crying ;.;
Wow