"Ironic"
Alanis Morissette
An old man turned ninety-eight
He won the lottery and died the next day
It's a black fly in your Chardonnay
It's a death row pardon two minutes too late
And isn't it ironic... don't you think
It's like rain on your wedding day
It's a free ride when you've already paid
It's the good advice that you just didn't take
Who would've thought... it figures
Mr. Play It Safe was afraid to fly
He packed his suitcase and kissed his kids goodbye
He waited his whole damn life to take that flight
And as the plane crashed down he thought"Well isn't this nice..."
And isn't it ironic... don't you think
It's like rain on your wedding day
It's a free ride when you've already paid
It's the good advice that you just didn't take
Who would've thought... it figures
Well life has a funny way of sneaking up on you
When you think everything's okay and everything's going right
And life has a funny way of helping you out when
You think everything's gone wrong and everything blows up
In your face
A traffic jam when you're already late
A no-smoking sign on your cigarette break
It's like ten thousand spoons when all you need is a knife
It's meeting the man of my dreams
And then meeting his beautiful wife
And isn't it ironic...don't you think
A little too ironic...and, yeah, I really do think...
It's like rain on your wedding day
It's a free ride when you've already paid
It's the good advice that you just didn't take
Who would've thought... it figures
Life has a funny way of sneaking up on you
Life has a funny, funny way of helping you out
Helping you out
Ironic. Such a small word packs such a big punch. Everyone has ironic days, more frequent for some than others but we can all relate. This song by Alanis Morissette shows that everyone is gonna have a crappy day here or there. So, in a way, it has a soothing complex in that when that fateful "This sucks!" day does comes along, theres someone who understands. We all hope our wedding day is beautiful and that when were are late all we see are green traffic lights but sometimes, life is just not destined to work out that way. In the end, keep your head up; better, less ironic, days are in the future!
3 comments:
OK, i must say this: I have always loved this song. Like it is so true and heartfelt.
Anyways, thanks for that uplifting blog. I am actually having a bad day at the moment. Reading this blog made me =).. Thank you!!
yessss...i love this song. I also like your interpretation of it. :-)
This song had been literally stuck in my head for weeks! I love this song =)
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