Jimmy Eat World - You Were Good Lyrics

The only reason I've stopped listenning to this album is that it's way too hard for me to handle all the emotion it evokes

That second verse hits hard. great tune.

There have been countless albums, in so many genres, that have attempted to capture the essence of a breakup, particularly from the perspective of a person who is on the wrong side of it. I'm fairly convinced no one has ever written a better, more authentic, more accurate one than Jimmy Eat World did with Damage. I was of the same persuasion that Clarity and Futures would always stand as this band's paramount achievements, but I've now begun to ponder whether this might be better. The crushing inconclusiveness and deafening silence that accompanies lost love in adulthood has probably never been more powerfully represented than in this closing track. As someone who experienced this same continuum of sadness, I would argue that most anthems of heartbreak (even by top-notch, veteran songwriters) capture a more juvenile, primitive, and raw sense of loss. In 2013, Jimmy Eat World and Josh Ritter both released albums that truly rendered it as it is - sobering, cold, and leading to a long road of profound uncertainty and ambivalence.

Beautiful.

Best opening ever:
It could have been but never was
At least the way you thought it'd be when you grew up.

First i didnt like this song, what a waste by putting LoFi songs in a CD..
But then... the lyrics choked me up! This song is sad, deep and painfull.
One of my JEW favs

Yeah this song from Jimmy always chokes me up

To me it almost sounds like it was recorded as a voice mail? Sort of an intimate, final goodbye over a distance.

This song was recorded live from start to finish. Jim Adkins sang with a guitar for the initial recording and then Tom Linton overdubbed the organ while producer Alain Johannes played some extra guitar.

Reminds me of ten years ago :')

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Reminds me of Here Comes A Regular by The Replacements

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I love how the guitar and vocal track feel like they were recorded in a pretty low-fi setting with lower quality microphones, but the low drone of the strings in the background seem very high quality and studio recorded. It's a bizarre juxtaposition of sounds, but I love how the strings grow and grow over the melody.

"You got a charm you wear around your neck, reminds you of him and I can see right through. Either you're just bad at cheating or there's something in your heart you wished I knew." Can JEW write lyrics or what? Guilty. Just switch the genders. And emotional cheating, not physical. Not proud of it, judge me, I don't care. May or may not work out, no guarantees in life, but I couldn't take your shit anymore and the heart wants what it wants...so I followed it. Still love you, though.

This song . Heartbreakingly lovely . No one does this the way Jimmy can .

I Luv this song. I think it's the best song yet from this band.:D Soooo awesome:)

This song hurts so good.

seeing them today

I heard that Jimmy Eat World had described this album as "an adult breakup album".

As someone who recently ended a 6-year relationship that was supposed to end in marriage, I am stunned by the accuracy of that description. The ambiguity, the mixed feelings, the terrible fuzziness of true heartbreak. Nothing simple about it.

Yeah it's sad, but baby, here we are.

Agreed at the 2 min mark..wow! 2:20 tbexact.

2:20 is ridiculous, heavenly

so glad this is on youtube

loving the whole album, good work guys

wonderful...the best song from Damage, I WANNA HEAR THIS GIFT IN FRANCE!

I feel like I'm really going to ;like this album just realized I started from the last track though

just back for my daily listening. :)

This song is moving, and summed up my thought process regarding my previous relationship in it's entirety to the point where I literally succumbed to tears on the treadmill.

kinda sad there's no big splashy dizzy/23 esque tune on the album this go round, but all in all, can't wait to pop into tower to pick up a copy

And the voice effect toward the end is really neat.

Love that synth thing. More heart live but this sounds like a cassette tape or something...

Strong finish to the album, but I think the live version from the Crescent Ballroom show has a lot more heart than this!