Goodbye Cruel World
by Cold

Album: Cold (1997)
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  • All my friends are takin' over
    To make a mess of me
    All my friends are broke and ugly
    And make a mess of me

    Then I saw a river fall from Heaven
    Rain mistakes on me
    Then I saw your mother shoot your father
    Killed herself the same

    All my friends have made a cyclone
    To make a mess of me
    All my friends have broken silence
    To make a mess of me
    All my friends are takin' over
    To make a mess of me
    All my friends are broke and ugly
    And make a mess of me

    Then I saw a river fall from Heaven
    Rain mistakes on me
    Then I saw your mother shoot your father
    Killed herself the same

    Blow it all away
    Get the gun out
    Load the bullets
    Shot that fucker in his head Writer/s: Roger Waters
    Publisher: Sentric Music
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Comments: 1

  • Zero from The Abyss, NjThe only thing upbeat about this song is the tempo. I really don't see any indications of hope in the lyrics. (at the end, he even ENCOURAGES the person to kill the other person, whomever that would be. It's most likely sarcasm, but still...) It seems like the narrator is TRYING to be positive, but everyone around him is bringing down.
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