Hey, ain't life wonderful? Wonderful, wonderful, wonderful... isn't it wonderful now?
i close my eyes when i get too sad
i think thoughts that i know are bad
close my eyes and i count to ten
hope it's over when i open them
i want the things that i had before
like a Star Wars poster on my bedroom door
i wih i could count to ten
make everything be wonderufl again
hope my mom and i hope my dad
will figure out why they get so mad
hear them scream, i hear them fight
they say bad words and make me wanna cry
close my eyes when i go to bed
and i dream of angels who makeme smile
i feel better when i hear them say
everything will be wonderful someday
promises mean everything when you're little and the world's so big
i just don't understand how
you can smile with all those tears in your eyes
tell me everything is wonderful now
please don't tell me everything is wonderful now
i go to school and i run and play
i tell the kids that it's all okay
i laugh aloud so my friends won't know
when the bell rings i just don't wanna go home
go to my room and i close my eyes
i make believe that i have a new life
i don't believe you when you say
everything will be wonderful someday
promises mean everything when you're little and the world is so big
i jsut don't understand how
you can smile with all those tears in your eyes
when you tell me everything is wonderful now
i don't wanna hear you say
that i will understand someday
no, no, no, no
i don't wanna hear you say
you both have grown up in a different way
i don't wanna meet your friends
and i don't wanna start over again
i just want my life to be the same, just like it used to be
some days i hate everything
i hate everything
everyone and everything
please don't tell me everything is wonderful now
i don't wanna hear you tell me everything i wonderful now
MEANING:
This song explains the life of a child who has to deal with his/her parents always fighting and eventualy divorcing. The kid just wishes everything could be the way it used to be, happy and wonerful. It's what happens to most of families these days...
I could relate to this song cause my parents divorced a little while back and, one day, i was watching very old family videos of when i was about 8, 10 years old and it's really sad... everyone was so happy, so close and together... and now, it's nothing but shit. I just wish it could go back to those lost days.