Your Misfortune
Embrace Your Misfortune: A Symphony of Resilience by Mike Doughty
Lyrics
When your faith in life is gone
Expressing a loss of faith in life.
Come and speak to me
Inviting someone to talk or seek comfort.
When your down and all messed up
Describing a state of being down and troubled.
Seek my sympathy
Offering sympathy and support.
When everybody says no no no
Addressing a situation where others are saying "no."
Well its your misfortune and none of my own
Stating that the listener's misfortune is not the speaker's own.
Wrong wrong wrong
Emphasizing the misfortune.
It's your misfortune that sweetens my song
Highlighting that the misfortune adds depth or meaning to the speaker's song.
I can be the friend you want
Offering to be a supportive friend.
I can be your confidante
Expressing willingness to be a confidante.
I can be the right reminder at the right time
Promising to provide timely reminders.
Throwing out the lifeline
Metaphorically extending a lifeline for help.
Stand in the light
Repeatedly encouraging to "stand in the light," possibly a metaphor for seeking positivity or clarity.
Stand in the light
-Stand in the light
-Stand in the light
-Stand in the light
-Stand in the light
-When your face is caked with mud
Describing a situation with a muddy or troubled face.
Come and speak to me
Inviting communication in difficult times.
When the chill creeps in your blood
Referring to a chilling or unsettling feeling in the blood.
Seek my sympathy
Encouraging seeking sympathy for comfort.
When everybody says no no no
Reflecting a scenario where others reject or deny.
Well its your misfortune and none of my own
Reiterating that the listener's misfortune is not the speaker's own.
Wrong wrong wrong
Emphasizing the wrongness of the situation.
It's your misfortune that sweetens my song
Stating that the misfortune contributes to the beauty of the speaker's song.
I can be the air you drink
Offering to be an essential element in the listener's life.
The every single thought you think
Expressing a desire to be closely connected to the listener's thoughts.
I can be the right notion in the meantime
Promising to be a positive influence in the meantime.
Warm you like the sunshine
Using sunshine as a metaphor for warmth and comfort.
Stand in the light
Continuing the encouragement to "stand in the light."
Stand in the light
-Stand in the light
-Stand in the light
-Stand in the light
-Stand in the light
-Stand in the light
-Stand in the light
-Stand in the light
Concluding with a repetition of the encouragement to "stand in the light."
Stand in the light
-Stand in the light
-Stand in the light
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