"Depression grabbed his throat and choked the life out of him slowly. I've got the same blood coursing through my veins it will come for me eventually." Damn that line hits so hard
That part makes my heart drop every time. That feeling is really hard to kick. I hate knowing there's more people who feel like this. Life will get better for all of us.
And this is why Soupy is my favourite songwriter. He has such a gift for storytelling with his lyrics. His songs have been making me cry since I was in high school in 2010
I never gave this band a chance because I don't like pop-punk. But I started listening to this album a week ago and have been listening non-stop. It's definitely one of my favorite albums ever.
DRIFT! never saw this comment before. but so glad to see another fan of erra on here. honestly that album got me through some suicidal shit. - Landon of Hades In Olympus
"I know how it feels to be at war with a world that never loved me." It's a subtle feeling, you can't really put words to it, until someone does it for you. He calls himself a coward and that he lacks the guts for war and yet he's at war with the world everyday of his life. The word you were looking for isn't coward, it's "Hero".
Depression grabbed his throat and choked the life out of him slowly. I've got the same blood coursing through my veins; it'll come for me eventually. I bet I'd be a fucking coward. Ive listened to this song like 50 times and it still gets me every fucking time
My grandpa passed away today. He served in Korea, bravely battled his demons, and was a hero of mine my whole life. I never wanted this song to be applicable in a literal sense. But as I'm processing things now, listening to this track, let's just say the release is an incredible thing to experience.
"I want to be strong but it's not easy anymore" "I know how it feels to be at war with a world that never loved me" This is one of my go to songs for when my depression gets bad. Ive had this on repeat all night. The lyrics are just so hard hitting and, I dont know, makes me feel less alone. Rigt now I really feel crying because everyone thinks everything is fine but it's not, even though it was but now it's not. Music will always be there for you even when no one else is
2021 we still rocking this shit, got me through my teenage years but I still need them, I remember this album came out right when my grandpa died and I remember listening to this a lot in the hospital, but It’s stuck with me for so long just making me keep my hard up, thanks so kuch
Any band who wants to make a serious pop punk album is going to have to top this one and a honestly i don't think it will be done, not for a long time at least. No band around today has all the pieces (vocalists, lyricists, musicians, creativity) to do it. I think this will be the defining pop punk album for generations to come
My sisters car died in the freezing cold this thanksgiving. When we got it back on the first thing we heard was "I bet i'd be a fucking coward" on full blast. best thanksgiving ever.
I met these guys in June. They aren't very big in Canada, they were opening for another band. I didn't go to see them, I went to see The Wonder Years. I've listened to them since the eighth grade, in grade 12 now and I finally saw them. He said this was his favorite song on the album, that it was extremely personal. And by him saying that it was more personal for me because I struggle with depression, but knowing other people related to this song as well, made it mean more. Thanks TWY
The fact that everything, like I mean EVERYTHING with COVID will probably be fully done around the time this album turns ten years old has me praying for a an anniversary tour because I need that now more than ever.
This whole album is telling a story I think, cause he repeats the same lyrics in different songs and in I just want to sell out my funeral explains it all. That song is by far the best on the album, my favorite. This is the best album of 2013 in my opinion.
I love the "I bet I'd be a fucking coward" part but I truly love when it says "I want to be strong....but its not easy anymore" I've felt that way many times
lol wow, I totally read your comment and now I can't get that out of my head at all. Now I see it from the perspective of a kid that was put in a residential school. It's so much more brutal thinking of it that way, it's just so much more amazing for me. TWY never fails!! Very insightful by the way, I'm with you on this one
As I was thinking about my top top ten wonder years songs I realized I could make a case for every single song that they have released. I genuinely love this band
I see the Devil in the bloodstream as the cancer. The cancer got my grandad, depression grabbed his throat, and he died. I wento thru cancer aswell, but i KNOW itll come for me. I read his memoirs, with his goodbyes he also wrote that he loved me like he loved his onw children. I burst into tears every single time i hear this song.
"I wanna be strong" ...3:47 is my favourite part. Everytime I listen to this I always want it to end at that, without finishing it with... "But it's not easy anymore..."
been sleeping on this band for a while now. just now got the time to check out there stuff, and DAMN! i know what im gonna be listening to for the next coupla weeks!
they played the war drum out of time, so I'm not sure where I've been marching describes perfectly how I've been feeling for the past year, I freaking love this music
I think The Wonder Years just wrote that album that they will never top. Enjoy it now folks, it's all down here from here once you write an album like this.
what the hell are you even talking about. I love it. Wiping out the buffalo was kind of a major event in the midwest becoming what it is today. This album has a lot of historical references. So if you aren't in the mood to hear those brilliantly weaved into Soupy's commentary about his own life....then go listen to GSOI fool
Lyrics: We wiped out all the Buffalo Around the turn of the last century, And so it's factories and sawgrass, Wheat fields and asphalt laid in front of me. The Midwest feels like a hollow place That we filled with love and industry. And we're staring at the frozen ground in Goodwill suits, Silent as the pastor reads the eulogy. Well I wanted to see just a little bit of everything. Let me be. Two blackbirds on a highway sign Are laughing at me at four in the morning. They played the war drum out of time So I'm not sure where I've been marching. I wanna be strong, but it's not easy anymore. I'm hoping I'm wrong. It's sixteen hours straight to home From the heart of North Missouri, And so I searched through my great-grandpop's memoirs For the devil in my bloodstream. Depression grabbed his throat And choked the life out of him slowly. I've got the same blood coursing through my veins And it'll come for me eventually. I bet I'd be a fucking coward. I bet I'd never have the guts for war, 'Cause I can't spend another month away from here. These frantic rest stop phone calls don't get answered anymore. But I, I wanted to know if I could please come home. So let me know. Two blackbirds on a highway sign Are laughing at me at four in the morning. They played the war drum out of time So I'm not sure where I've been marching. I wanna be strong, but it's not easy anymore. I'm hoping I'm wrong. I'm hoping I'm wrong. I know how it feels to be At war with a world That never loved me. Two blackbirds on a highway sign Are laughing at me at four in the morning They played the war drum out of time So I'm not sure where I've been marching. I wanna be strong. I wanna be strong, but it's not easy anymore.
I've always got to stop whatever I'm doing and listen properly to the 'fucking coward' scream roar bit, oh my God such a fucking awesome song, gives me goosebumps.
Honestly my favorite part is when he talks how depression grabbing his grandpa by the throat and choaking the life out of out. Those lines hit me so hard..
This song is fantastic. Maybe my favorite on the album. I think this song is about where the depression in his family started, which it sounds like is his great grandfather who was in war, and very well could be the person on the cover, at least that's how I take it, 1:35 - 2:30 almost made me cry. I love this band.
I don't really have a favorite song..... because every song they make new or old is so FUCKING AWESOME... They all hit home for me in some way. They are my favorite band!
I am listening to this song on a off day at my ait (job training) for the army. I'm a combat medic and this ssong made me realize that this is probably not the best job for me considering my family's history with depression...
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"Depression grabbed his throat and choked the life out of him slowly. I've got the same blood coursing through my veins it will come for me eventually." Damn that line hits so hard
That part makes my heart drop every time. That feeling is really hard to kick. I hate knowing there's more people who feel like this. Life will get better for all of us.
@@xPHILBOBAGGINZxI shed a tear every time I hear that line
The moment where he yells "I bet I'd be a fucking coward". Gets me every time.
shivers everytime god dammit
Been getting me for 11 years and honestly just more as time goes on
"I know how it feels to be at war with a world that never loved me"
Damn...
And this is why Soupy is my favourite songwriter. He has such a gift for storytelling with his lyrics. His songs have been making me cry since I was in high school in 2010
I never gave this band a chance because I don't like pop-punk. But I started listening to this album a week ago and have been listening non-stop. It's definitely one of my favorite albums ever.
pop punk is definitely like that. Gotta give it a chance.
Look up neck deep... Crushing grief, or a part of me
Joe Pontiac fireworks - run brother run
DRIFT! never saw this comment before. but so glad to see another fan of erra on here. honestly that album got me through some suicidal shit. - Landon of Hades In Olympus
I don't pay attention to genres anymore. Just like what sounds good to you. Easier that way.
this is my go-to "turn off the lights, crawl into bed, hug a pillow, and cry" song
Same
+RachelPTV same
try terrible things by mayday parade
Me too. I listened to this when I was in my lowest point of my life. I was very depressed
feel u.
"I know how it feels to be at war with a world that never loved me." It's a subtle feeling, you can't really put words to it, until someone does it for you. He calls himself a coward and that he lacks the guts for war and yet he's at war with the world everyday of his life. The word you were looking for isn't coward, it's "Hero".
War with a home I thought?
Depression grabbed his throat and choked the life out of him slowly. I've got the same blood coursing through
my veins; it'll come for me eventually. I bet I'd be a fucking coward.
Ive listened to this song like 50 times and it still gets me every fucking time
My grandpa passed away today. He served in Korea, bravely battled his demons, and was a hero of mine my whole life. I never wanted this song to be applicable in a literal sense. But as I'm processing things now, listening to this track, let's just say the release is an incredible thing to experience.
"I bet I'd be a FUCKING COWARD" amen.
"I want to be strong but it's not easy anymore"
"I know how it feels to be at war with a world that never loved me"
This is one of my go to songs for when my depression gets bad. Ive had this on repeat all night. The lyrics are just so hard hitting and, I dont know, makes me feel less alone. Rigt now I really feel crying because everyone thinks everything is fine but it's not, even though it was but now it's not. Music will always be there for you even when no one else is
Hope you're doing ok now brother
This song is brilliant.
"Two blackbirds on a highway sign are laughing at me at four in the morning..."
I cried like a baby when I saw them play this live. So much raw emotion..
"Oh i just wanted to see a little bit of everything'
every single listen that part gets to me. holy shit.
There songs are to relatable
What does that part mean?
It's Laura Stevenson of Laura Stevenson and the Cans!
This is an incredibly well written song, absolutely heartbreaking at the same time but wow. Every time I listen to it I find more to love about it.
Album of the year. Absolutely flawless and resonate of the lives we live.
"And i just wanted to know, if i could please come home" hits me really hard..
I can't stop listening to this ever since seeing them in October last year.
They played this as their encore song and my face is still melted off. (:
my grandpa committed suicide this thanksgiving...so this hits home way too hard. love this song. miss you, gramps.
+amethystqveen Sorry for you loss man, hope you're feeling better c:
Im so sorry love stay strong
I wanna be strong :[ but it's not easy anymore; I'm hoping I'm wrong.
"I know how it feels to be at war with a world that never loved me" this song just fucks me up.
This band just hurts my heart
But I love it so much
This song crushes me even harder than it used to.
it'll come for me eventually. I bet I'd be a fucking coward.
chills
2021 we still rocking this shit, got me through my teenage years but I still need them, I remember this album came out right when my grandpa died and I remember listening to this a lot in the hospital, but It’s stuck with me for so long just making me keep my hard up, thanks so kuch
Any band who wants to make a serious pop punk album is going to have to top this one and a honestly i don't think it will be done, not for a long time at least. No band around today has all the pieces (vocalists, lyricists, musicians, creativity) to do it. I think this will be the defining pop punk album for generations to come
My sisters car died in the freezing cold this thanksgiving. When we got it back on the first thing we heard was "I bet i'd be a fucking coward" on full blast. best thanksgiving ever.
:( you´re a big person! good luck and you are not a coward ;)
It's 6am and I've no sleep but I found this song for the first time and I had to listen to before I went to sleep
God, this song gives me chills.
Jaden Newman me too
the beginning of this song puts my dog to sleep. then when the "i'd bet i be a fucking coward" part comes she just jolts awake lol.
how is it that 7 years later this is the greatest song ever made?
I met these guys in June. They aren't very big in Canada, they were opening for another band. I didn't go to see them, I went to see The Wonder Years. I've listened to them since the eighth grade, in grade 12 now and I finally saw them. He said this was his favorite song on the album, that it was extremely personal. And by him saying that it was more personal for me because I struggle with depression, but knowing other people related to this song as well, made it mean more. Thanks TWY
I hope I'm not the only one who gets chills and goose bumps to this song and it just hits your heart and just.. Really gets to you
The fact that everything, like I mean EVERYTHING with COVID will probably be fully done around the time this album turns ten years old has me praying for a an anniversary tour because I need that now more than ever.
Might be covid’s 10 year anniversary as well
Theres anniversary merch out now
Hope you’re able to see the tour this year!
This band has to be one of my favorites. I love them so much. Their songs are so relatable. It's crazy.
For some reason, this song reminds me of the scene in Supernatural where Dean tells Sam about Hell.
AGREED!!! When i think of this song and the whole album I think of SN!
well now i am sad
scotchbonnetxoxo NO
scotchbonnetxoxo i cant escape the spn feels anywhere
it reminds me of american horror story for some fucking reason
This whole album is telling a story I think, cause he repeats the same lyrics in different songs and in I just want to sell out my funeral explains it all. That song is by far the best on the album, my favorite. This is the best album of 2013 in my opinion.
its about him battling depression
I love the "I bet I'd be a fucking coward" part but I truly love when it says "I want to be strong....but its not easy anymore" I've felt that way many times
This band gets better and better with every single album
The Wonder Years are amazing not only because of their music, but because of the honesty in their lyrics as well
used to be in a very bad place. when I get a touch of where that was, I sometimes wind up back to this song. it'll be okay.
a lot of people are going to disagree with this, but I think you're right. Sonically and lyrically, they're the best the game's ever seen.
and this song did not win a single fucking award.
God I love this entire album♥️ it's a fucking masterpiece👌💯
lol wow, I totally read your comment and now I can't get that out of my head at all. Now I see it from the perspective of a kid that was put in a residential school. It's so much more brutal thinking of it that way, it's just so much more amazing for me. TWY never fails!! Very insightful by the way, I'm with you on this one
I am feeling a strong 'Mountain Goats' influence, I am digging it. The Greatest Generation could well be the most incredible album I have heard.
As I was thinking about my top top ten wonder years songs I realized I could make a case for every single song that they have released. I genuinely love this band
This song literally makes me tear up every single time. "I wanna be strong. But it's not easy anymore."
Aw man I heard this live recently and when it kicks in I just fucking exploded with emotion, these guys are just so so so good
Honestly one of my favorite songs ever, it's so powerful
Aleays come back to these and more TWY songs every now and the
This album is nothing more than pure genius. Best album put out this year!
this gives me goosebumps
Devil in My Bloodstream and I Just Want To Sell Out My Funeral are both incredible songs.
Beautiful song
This always gives me chills.
I see the Devil in the bloodstream as the cancer.
The cancer got my grandad, depression grabbed his throat, and he died.
I wento thru cancer aswell, but i KNOW itll come for me.
I read his memoirs, with his goodbyes he also wrote that he loved me like he loved his onw children.
I burst into tears every single time i hear this song.
Song of the Year 2013. *hands Soupy fake Grammy* here you go sir.
not a big fan of paramore or twenty one but yeah chvrches are great love listening to them and the wonder years
This, and Dismantling Summer are so perfect.
my favorite song of theirs for this album so far, it sounds new and soo much emotion!
This song's lyrics contain more talent than you will ever possess.
Favorite song off the album so far. This hits home.
"I wanna be strong"
...3:47 is my favourite part.
Everytime I listen to this I always want it to end at that, without finishing it with...
"But it's not easy anymore..."
Holy shit goosebumps. No matter how many times I listen to this song.
been sleeping on this band for a while now. just now got the time to check out there stuff, and DAMN! i know what im gonna be listening to for the next coupla weeks!
They're notorious for referencing previous material. This song is profound.
they played the war drum out of time, so I'm not sure where I've been marching
describes perfectly how I've been feeling for the past year, I freaking love this music
the wonder years are the best pop punk band to ever do it period
currently on repeat... wow
Depression sucks
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This song speaks out to me so much.
I think The Wonder Years just wrote that album that they will never top. Enjoy it now folks, it's all down here from here once you write an album like this.
what the hell are you even talking about. I love it. Wiping out the buffalo was kind of a major event in the midwest becoming what it is today. This album has a lot of historical references. So if you aren't in the mood to hear those brilliantly weaved into Soupy's commentary about his own life....then go listen to GSOI fool
Great music. I'm not ashamed to say I LOVE POP PUNK.
Lyrics:
We wiped out all the Buffalo
Around the turn of the last century,
And so it's factories and sawgrass,
Wheat fields and asphalt laid in front of me.
The Midwest feels like a hollow place
That we filled with love and industry.
And we're staring at the frozen ground in Goodwill suits,
Silent as the pastor reads the eulogy.
Well I wanted to see just a little bit of everything.
Let me be.
Two blackbirds on a highway sign
Are laughing at me at four in the morning.
They played the war drum out of time
So I'm not sure where I've been marching.
I wanna be strong, but it's not easy anymore.
I'm hoping I'm wrong.
It's sixteen hours straight to home
From the heart of North Missouri,
And so I searched through my great-grandpop's memoirs
For the devil in my bloodstream.
Depression grabbed his throat
And choked the life out of him slowly.
I've got the same blood coursing through my veins
And it'll come for me eventually.
I bet I'd be a fucking coward.
I bet I'd never have the guts for war,
'Cause I can't spend another month away from here.
These frantic rest stop phone calls don't get answered anymore.
But I, I wanted to know if I could please come home.
So let me know.
Two blackbirds on a highway sign
Are laughing at me at four in the morning.
They played the war drum out of time
So I'm not sure where I've been marching.
I wanna be strong, but it's not easy anymore.
I'm hoping I'm wrong.
I'm hoping I'm wrong.
I know how it feels to be
At war with a world
That never loved me.
Two blackbirds on a highway sign
Are laughing at me at four in the morning
They played the war drum out of time
So I'm not sure where I've been marching.
I wanna be strong.
I wanna be strong, but it's not easy anymore.
this might be my favorite wonder years song ever
I've always got to stop whatever I'm doing and listen properly to the 'fucking coward' scream roar bit, oh my God such a fucking awesome song, gives me goosebumps.
this album is just so amazing i can even
That cannot be unheard.
I need to see them live some day....
This song is so beautiful
Honestly my favorite part is when he talks how depression grabbing his grandpa by the throat and choaking the life out of out. Those lines hit me so hard..
This song is fantastic. Maybe my favorite on the album. I think this song is about where the depression in his family started, which it sounds like is his great grandfather who was in war, and very well could be the person on the cover, at least that's how I take it, 1:35 - 2:30 almost made me cry. I love this band.
Wow. This song....is amazing.
I don't really have a favorite song..... because every song they make new or old is so FUCKING AWESOME... They all hit home for me in some way. They are my favorite band!
These lyrics are too good. I actually enjoy the first two minutes the most.
It shouldn't have been sunny and warm the day my grandpa died
Goosebumps throughout
This song makes me cry
Probably my favorite song off this album
My grandfather was a WW2 veteran, this always hit hard
My sentiments exactly! The best album ever, too!
this song is so amazing
I'm so in love with this song
Laura Stevenson and the Wonder Years....it just doesn't get any better
this song gave me goosebumps.
it's funny-I don't cry at the insanely beautiful piano part-i cry at the screaming of "I bet I'd be a fucking coward" True beauty
Sorry to hear that man, try and stay positive! It makes all the difference in the world.
I am listening to this song on a off day at my ait (job training) for the army. I'm a combat medic and this ssong made me realize that this is probably not the best job for me considering my family's history with depression...
My favorite song off of the album.
I just absolutely love this song.