READING YOU



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Nick Parker reveled in the glam-rock intensity of this cut, which features an intense string interlude (replacing the guitar solo that had featured in celebrated Diplomacy Tour performances, one of which is preserved on NOT UNPLUGGED) that is not an overdub. Despite Godrich's suggestions to the contrary, the band insisted the song would sound better if they had an orchestra in the studio with them. There was "a shitload of bleedthrough," but Godrich had to admit that "it sounded bitchin'."


we're smart enough to know what this is
we're smart enough to pack away what we've earned
we'll get through it
we'll get through it

but the way you clutch me when we're out
the way you pull and push
the way your hackles raise
sometimes I just don't know

and I'm sorry
I'm so sorry
I can't keep reading you

if you wonder why I'm quiet
I'm just scared
I don't want to make it worse
you're in this shit thanks to me

and I'm sorry
I'm so sorry
I can't help reading you

everybody has this problem
I didn't think we were everybody
guess it's time I grew up

and I'm sorry
I'm so sorry
I can't keep reading you

the cold glare you gave me
the shouting back and forth
I wish I was a fool again
I wish I was a fool for you again
I wish I remembered what to say
I wish it all seemed right again
I wish
I wish
I wish I was dead.