Half A Million

The Shins

Transposer:

verse 1 I make myself a promise Then break it every night I’m feeling loose and life don’t make no sense I use my brains to build a fence ’Round the claim I stake I take the drugs but the drugs won’t take verse 2 I took a pledge to grow up Then drank enough to make me throw up On all my dearly disappointed friends I’m just too lazy to make amends With you anyway That’s why the pattern still remains There’s a half a million things that I’m supposed to be A shelter in the nighttime A punk running free And if it gets too deep I reach for my guitar And if I try hard I find something I can really drop into And everything that was is just a thing that I can sing ’Cause everything is something next to nothing As crazy as it seems you give it up and you are free verse 3 Another candle to blow out New set of dark thoughts to shut out And everybody’s got their remedies But nothing works like chemistry So raise a toast No more sipping from the fire hose There’s a half a million things that I’m supposed to be A shelter in the nighttime A punk running free And if it gets too deep I reach for my guitar And if I try hard I find something I can really drop into And everything that was is just a thing that I can sing ’Cause everything is something next to nothing As crazy as it seems you give it up and you are free Break Ooh ooh ooh la la la la la la la la Ooh ooh ooh la la la la la la la la There’s half a million things that you’re supposed to be A virgin in the moonlight A freak on the scene And when it gets too deep you reach for your guitar And if you try hard There’s a half a million things that I’m supposed to be A shelter in the nighttime A punk running free And if it gets too deep I reach for my guitar And if I try hard There’s a half a million things that I’m supposed to be A shelter in the nighttime A punk running free And if it gets too deep I reach for my guitar And if I try hard

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La chanson aborde la lutte interne de quelqu'un qui tente de tenir ses promesses tout en se laissant entraîner par une vie désordonnée. On y sent un certain désespoir face aux attentes sociales et personnelles, mêlé à une recherche d'échappatoire à travers la musique et des souvenirs. L'idée de se définir par des millions de facettes contradictoires se dégage, un mélange de responsabilité et de rébellion, où le protagoniste se débat avec ses propres déceptions et la pression de devenir ce qu’on attend de lui. Le contexte semble être celui de la jeunesse, avec ses excès et ses promesses brisées, où l'alcool et les aspirations contradictoires deviennent des éléments clés d'une existence tumultueuse. Cela fait écho aux incertitudes de la vie moderne et à la quête d'identité, tout en restant ancré dans le désir de liberté et de créativité.

Le Chansonnier