Not Miserable
Frightened Rabbit
Some bands are difficult for me to write about. I have so many complicated feelings around Scott Hutchison because I love his music and find it meaningful and cathartic. The memory of hearing about his death is still fresh in my mind. We were in production on our movie PHOENIX, OREGON in May of 2018. I had difficulty accepting the news because the story we were trying to tell was about a man who manages to pull himself out of the dark hole he’s in. But so many people are unable to do this. Some are so far down in there, they can never quite make it back out. While Scott was alive, he wrote, sang and played with such beautiful passion. And he told the truth — laying out his darkest thoughts and feelings. But somehow the music of FRIGHTENED RABBIT always felt like overcoming. This song is an anthem about escaping the darkness after a close call. ❤️
Well, this is easier now
I've found all the pieces
That I lost in the flood
And it wasn't that much
And though it's easier now
I will always remember
The night that I almost drowned
All alone in a house
And the love that I lost
With all of the shit
That came out in the wash
Just a pocket of fluff
And I'm not put upon
I'm free from disease
No grays, no liver spots
Most of the misery's gone
Gone, gone to the bone
(I am, I am, I am, I am)
(I am, I am, I am, I am)
Not miserable now
(I am, I am, I am, I am)
No one knows
(I am, I am, I am, I am)
No one knows
(I am, I am, I am, I am)
I'm not miserable
So the hymns that I sung
Prayers for the fucked
From a bitter, forked tongue
Sing of history now
Though the corners are lit
The dark can return
With the flick of a switch
It hasn't turned on me yet, yet
(I am, I am, I am, I am)
(I am, I am, I am, I am)
Not miserable now
(I am, I am, I am, I am)
No one knows
(I am, I am, I am, I am)
No one knows
(I am, I am, I am, I am)
I'm not miserable
(I am, I am, I am, I am)
Not miserable now
(I am, I am, I am, I am)
No one knows
(I am, I am, I am, I am)
No one knows
(I am, I am, I am, I am)
I'm not miserable
I am, I am, I am, I am
I am, I am, I am, I am
I am, I am, I am, I am
I am, I am, I am, I am
