Yeah, I think that's the best line in the song.
― Locked in silent monologue, in silent scream (Sund4r), Monday, 7 January 2019 13:36 (five years ago) link
Definitely the best line!
I never considered the folding a hand of cards, I always just took "throw your hand" as some sort of dramatic gesture of despair, like maybe punching a hole in the wall, or shaking one's fist at God. What makes it so great is its unexpectedness and obtuseness, something you almost never find in the top 40.
― rip van wanko, Monday, 7 January 2019 13:48 (five years ago) link
I mean they were Southern boys I'm p sure it's cards
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 7 January 2019 13:53 (five years ago) link
that basic guitar arpeggio on everybody hurts just bores me, it doesn't do the lyric any favours
― ufo, Monday, 7 January 2019 14:04 (five years ago) link
"don't throw your hand" is actually pretty specific suicide reference, it's a reference to playing cards, I mean, I thought this was obvious(!); and it’s why I was agreeing w/Tim about that line. “Don’t commit suicide” seems like somewhat... clumsy advice to a severely depressed person. But if it helped some people to hear it in this song, ok!(Incidentally, I recall some mishearing this line as an even more specific suicide reference: “Don’t blow your head off”!)
― i stan corrected (morrisp), Monday, 7 January 2019 14:25 (five years ago) link
there might be a UK/US divide wrt to poker?
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 7 January 2019 15:12 (five years ago) link
FWIW, I actually like “Sometimes everything is wrong/Now it's time to sing along” — it feels like a glimmer of the “self-aware inspirational song” thing
― i stan corrected (morrisp), Monday, 7 January 2019 15:19 (five years ago) link
this is an interesting genre, the explicitly palliative/consoling song
― rip van wanko, Monday, 7 January 2019 15:44 (five years ago) link