Rilo Kiley

Draggin' Around

Embracing Life's Bittersweet Symphony: A Toast to Resilience
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Lyrics

Here's to all the luck that pours down on me

Celebrating the fortunate events that come my way

Here's to all the melodies that picked us up off our seats

Acknowledging the uplifting tunes that bring us to our feet

Here's to the younger ones when they replace me

Recognizing the younger generation that will eventually take my place

Here's to the bitterness that keeps the sweet so sweet

Appreciating the balance of bitterness that enhances the sweetness in life


Here's to all the words that we'll never speak

Reflecting on unspoken words and unexpressed feelings

Here's to all the pretty girls that you're gonna meet

Toasting to the attractive women you will encounter

Here's to the little lies I tell in my sleep

Acknowledging small lies told during moments of vulnerability, perhaps in dreams

Here's to the secrets that you're gonna keep

Recognizing the existence of secrets that will be kept


Why don't you raise up, raise up your cup?

Encouraging a celebratory gesture with a cup, questioning why it's not happening

I've had enough - raise up your cups.

Expressing frustration and a desire for more celebration


Here's to the company that we used to keep

Nostalgia for past companionship and shared experiences

Here's to the certainty of sickness and sleep

Acknowledging the inevitability of illness and the need for rest

Here's to the death of who we thought we were

Recognizing the end of the old self-concept, the death of previous identities

Here's to all our kids that'll never be born

Acknowledging the unrealized potential of children who will never be born


Why don't you raise up, raise up your cup?

Reiterating the call for a celebratory gesture with a cup

I'm choking up raise up your cups

Expressing emotional difficulty, possibly tears, during the call for celebration

To draggin' around

Referring to the burdensome act of carrying a cross and a thorny crown

A cross and a thorny crown

Describing the struggles of life and the willingness to endure them

And livin' because you're willing

Highlighting the importance of living and being grateful for forgiveness

And being forgiven thankfully.

Expressing gratitude for forgiveness received

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