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  • so truthful, so sad, and beaytiful at the same time....

  • I have a puppy.

  • I wanna hold all kids who feel this way!  Bless them all the innocent children!

  • One of my favorite all time songs........

  • this song makes me sad... im 15 in a few days living in arizona, and when i heard this it made me realize life kinda stinks. my parents split up when i was 7, my mom and i live in a trailer with my adopted nephew that we got from my drug abusing sister, same sister who also died 2 years ago, and i get to see my dad who lives in alaska with a new family about once every 2 years. damn.

  • @KingdomHearts575 Saying prayers for you & your family! If what you say is true I wish you nothing but the best!

  • Mclovin...you are so in need of help. Please go find it!

    

  • Nothing is wonderful nowadays. Agree?

  • I too think thoughts that I know are bad.

  • Doesn't everybody?

  • This is a song that keeps me going during the times I struggle in my life, especially when growing up with 2 parents fighting all the time, leading to the divorce to me coming soon... It speaks to me to keep going and that i am not the only one

  • Life is so not wonderful now. We are at fucking war and who knows when it will end? I'm so sick and tired of people here where I live in South Dakota complaining about being homeless and asking me for my money. Just have to imagine a world where money falls from the sky or grows on trees. You know, I have dreams at night about what life was like before 9/11. I will have to talk this over with my counselor and see what she says about it all. I just don't like the world the way it is now. Peace.

  • awesome song! <3

  • this song is wonderful it makes me happy makes me fell like a little girl again

  • I never knew this song was about divorce. I also never knew Everclear sang this. This song held me together after my first girlfriend killed herself. "Everything will be wonderful someday" became my mantra.

  • i split from my husband 2 months ago...my poor kids are so confused and sad, and this song makes me cry for their hurt...i know i did the right thing for all of us, but it still kills me. this song is so beautiful and sad...

  • @Mclovin171 Wow, you need to get a grip on life! Move on!

  • @Mclovin171 Really? You need to get a grip on reality. Do you want to go on your life feeling like that? Sad if you do!

  • @mumdillo come here mami ill do u right

  • @bwade88

    LMFAO

  • The song is about being sick and tired pretending that everything is okay when it isn't. "Please don't tell me everything is wonderful now"

    The song is about the pain and scarring that a divorce can have on a child. Their confusion and hurt. It's about how bad it sucks to be a kid in a broken family.

    Makes me glad that I live in a family where my parents are happily married...

  • "People who are nostalgic for childhood were obviously never children" - Calvin of Calvin and Hobbes.

    Great song!

  • I remember that one. I totally agree w/ it. my 2nd grade teacher hated us kids.

  • life f****** sucks huh???

  • Everyclear once went to Congress to push for harsher laws against deadbeat dads. Cool guys.

  • I was thinking of splidding from my wife but my kids need me, and after lestinning to this I feel if i can't go through it since i my self growed up with no protection from a male figure. Thanks for sharing and openning my eyes.

  • lol. Childhood in its prime form... always coming by to kick you in the nuts.

  • THIS IS TOTALLY MY SONG

  • no its not your song, its everclear's song

  • Perfect Pairing - This song and "It's a Beautiful World" by Devo.

  • i love this song everytime i hear it i start crying cuz its exactly how i feel...

  • I think I wood have hated it if my parents had stayed married...they acted crazy.

  • this is my favorite song off al time! i love it and sumtimes i feel like he wrote this song 4 me cuz my parents fite like that

  • such a great song brings me back in the day

  • and i am 18 now and people ask me how i live without a religion

    i dont have a religion but in some ways i do

    be a good person do what you think is right and not what everyone else says is

    dont listen to put downs

    dont retalliate when someone hits you or yells at you

    listen to your parents because you may think they are wrong but NOPE you are the one whos wrong

    until you have life expieriance than shut your mouth

    i am way off topic

    it expresses how everyone with divorced parents feels

    exactly

  • this song relates to me so much

    i dont think of my childhood as bad

    having divorced parents isnt a bad thing

    or a good thing i mean

    i cried allot

    but right now no one on earth is happier than me

    even though i have a small learning dissability

    i process certain things faster than everyone else and other things i cant process

    when i was ten years old i was thinking about abstract concepts like motivation and time and how irrelivent it really is

  • depressing and awesome

  • I love this song so much that i sang 2 verses of it for a compotition in choir class and everyone loved it

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  • i miss the freakin 90's

  • this song is very good and i feel bad for the people who relates to this song butt i hope the rest of your life will be better!

  • Thats what my dad is... a drunk and a stoner... 24 7.... i cant take the shit anymore..

  • this video made me realise that i had a pretty shitty childhood, i was fairly fucked up for a while, but now im back at high school, and im top of all my classes, just letting those ppl out there with a shitty childhood know that life is sweet when you realise that life fucked u over and you gota make your own happiness, iv never been so happy, everything is pretty "wonderful" good luck, i truly hope my words help. someone, anyone. :)

  • oh and something else i forgot to mention is that now i realise how important a good upbringing is, so im going to work my hardest to be the best father possible, to give my kids what i never had, a proper role model, not one that was always stoned/drunk or both, i hate that ive never had a proper relationship with my father, but il make up for it with my kids, i cant wait! i cant wait to make them proud! :D

  • good for you

  • I found this on a cd after my dad died and a month later i listened to it 8 yrs staight going to my grandpa's funeral it makes me cry =[ but GREAT SONG!!!

  • i used to love this song when i was younger. i thought the beat was catchy....now i get the deeper meaning and i cry when i hear it....thank God my parents have a happy marriage and i come from a stable home. my heart goes out to all the others who aren't so blessed, it's really not fair and certainly NOT WONDERFUL!

  • just be aware thats enough sometimes

  • my parents are dead nowbut they were so mean. Thanks to them i have no college i liv in a fricken halfway house and i using the starbucks internet right now

  • =( im sorry life will get better dw

  • mabye but im notsure if that is an insult or support...

  • its support

  • make the change..

    never forget that misery loves company

  • life is NOT wonderful

  • but, everything is wonderful NOW

  • not for me

  • Anyone else here wanna tap the lead singer? lol

  • I think thoughts that I know are bad

  • very good song. and i kinda relate everything seems wonderful on the surface but not everything is wonderful now but you know not everything can be thanks for the great song everclear

  • This song always make me cry now....this reminds me of me and my siblings. Especially my sister.

  • I completely relate to this song in EVERy way

    =] <3

  • Hard to hear the story of your life without getting upset.

  • i love this song and i cry just about every time i hear it, one of the only songs that makes me cry

  • this song is what im going through...i read the lyrics and i almost cired (but i didnt)...i can relate to this song alot...i had a fucked up childhood...and i wish i could start all over again

  • i love it...

  • This song always puts me in a good mood

  • Who is the boy ignoring? Why is he ignoring him?

  • Its very simply... Listen to the lyrics and its not too hard to guess. Someone important in his life like a family member. The person is trying to tell him things will be/are fine and the boy doesn't feel fine! The boy feels depressed or upset, with a feeling things aren't going to change easily.

  • Clever lyrics. Sounds like a troubled kid wrote them. Sad yes, but a reflection of life in all its sorrow and glory.

  • LOLZ @ below

  • With all these people saying they relate to this video, there are several possible reasons: A: This world is really messed up. B: There are some messed up people who like to get sympathy through lying over the internet. C: There are some messed up parents out there. D: All of the above.

    Unfortunately, I hope that it is mostly B, and I think it is... because I know how sad people can be. Because when I was a kid, my Dad would sometimes..... just kidding I love my Dad.

  • It's a combination of all three.

  • can't relate to it fully. i dont think many can. But lots of the small things in it.

  • classic tune

  • What a song.

  • i find a lot of truth in this song :)

  • this song made me cry

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  • I love this song,c[:

  • i can perfectly relate to this song my dad is evil and i was like "FUCK THE WORLD I HATE YOU ALL!!!!" Now im living with my mom and im much happier when i was with my dad i could care less if the world blew up right on the spot i hated my dad honestly

  • this song introduced me to the band, a great song by an amazing band,

    Everclear rocks!!!!

  • great song.

  • Everyone can pretty much relate to this song. Everyone loses someone, either in death, or if someone just leaves you. I know both. I love this fucking song

  • ),=  me likey but sad

  • [generic angsty comment]

  • This song is amazing.

    This is the only song that brings tears to my eyes =]

    The only way this song doesnt connect to me, is that for me, things have NEVER been wonderful.

  • That is... incredibly sad

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  • my mom just died this year and everytime i hear this song i start to cry...

    I just want my life to be the same

    Just like it used to be

    Somedays I hate everything

    everyone and everything

    Please don't tell me everything is wonderful now

    this explains exactly how i feel :(

  • I know how you feel. My dad died in 2006...

  • im sorry to hear that

  • oh forgot to mention that weed helps with what ive gone thru, and to help me forget what happend.

  • this song brings back memories of my own parents divorce, when i was 11 my dad left me with an alcoholic/abusive mother, this song is great it still brings a tear to my eye.

  • Haven't seen my dad in 14 years, and i'm 15 now... So i don't remember anything about him, i don't miss him, but this song made me cry anyway!

  • dude this an awesome song and if everybody related to it then everclear did a good job but i got a story of my own when I was little my brother died when he was only 7 and now every time i listen to this song i start to cry

  • this song is wonderful...lol!

  • i started looking through the comments, and damn. for all of you that can relate to this song, that sucks. i feel really bad for you guys. i can't imagine losing my parents.

    even if you are a teen guy and resent your parents or think you're 'independent,' your life would be a wreck without your parents too.

  • this song is amazing...really helped me through some hard times

  • Its actually a really fitting song for mine...

    two years ago mym dad took my two younger brothers and i've never seen him or them again

    I miss em soo much.... hte fact that my mum's an alcoholic doesn;t help... still what doesn;t kill you makes you stronger....i hope

  • Wow I can't imagin that. My prayers for you

  • this song is my life when I was younger I am 20 and my dad left when I was 11 I miss my dad so much

  • well thats sad, im sorry

  • i know what you mean. my dad left when i was 11 also, and took my brothers and left me with my alcoholic mom.

  • the best song ever

    but this song have something that make me wanna cry

  • I agree, this song totally describes my life...

  • Helped me through some hard times. :)

  • grate song, but the boy, why didn't he want to go with his dad? i can guess, but i won't know if i'm right. did they drop any clues i missed?

  • He didn't want to be with his dad coz his mum had left them, thats why he dreamt he had two...

  • I love This Song

  • im in love with this song!!!it helps mee!!

  • i love this song.

    it became my favorite the moment my mom left. it's managed to make both my father and i cry...

  • Amazing song...

    Everclear does great stuff...

    This will be stuck in my head for the next year now...

  • everclear is very very good. I first heard of them some ten odd years ago... this song rock then and still do today!

  • Been yrs since i've heard this. I lobe this song.

  • I love this song. But it always makes me cry

  • omg i love this song beecause it gives children a voice, they rarely do.

  • This song is... very moving.

    Story of my life.

  • COOL SONG; WHO CANT RELATE; REALLY.

  • dude this is the best 90's song, also vary depressing because this song was on when my friend (befor he moved) he parents got a divorce vary good song R.I.P 90's music lol

  • luv this song!!! does any1 no wut guitar Art Alexakis is playin

  • sad

  • Not so crazy anout the video except for the scenes with the children splitting in two and a couple other ideas, but I love this song. Everytime I got upset or had to deal with the divorce I would blast this song and scream out the words, because exactly what they say is exactly what I've always felt going through it. Sometimes it just helps to hear it, and duckette I would say try to talk to her casually, but the truth is there might be things she wont say to you for years.

  • the lyrics and song is great tho. but sad.

  • wow this video could have been so muhc better/more meaningful ...

  • Foget my user name for a moment. It is only relevant to those who snivel at the petty things in life. For all of you going thru hell with parents getting divorced, hang in there.Your not alone. Songs like these helped me deal with it. Choice is the ultimate free right, choose the path for yourself in life. Don't let others make it for you by default. Hope you find what your looking for.

  • me and my "husband" got divorced when my daughter was about 3 or 4 she says that this song is her song. the only "father" figure that she has is my best friend. but she has problems with it because no matter how much i fight he fights harder to see her. and it kills me when she comes home and i hear it coming out of her room.

    can anyone help me?

    i have no idea what to do she's only 7

  • try not to fight around her she won't want to hear it try to be talk the problem out rather than shout at each other she is only young she doesn't need need that sort os stress and maybe when she is playing the song it a sigh to u the make up but she doesn't noi how to put it in to words

  • everyone who is thinking about getting a divorce should be reuired to watch this video and read all of the comments for 24 hours before they do. I can't imagine doing this to my girls. We adults need to learn to grow up and act our age.

  • You are so right! My ex and I are guilty of literally changing our daughters life. She is now a recovering crack addict at 24. I will never forgive myself for letting this happen.

  • I think you have to forgive yourself, that may be the only way you can help her. I believe God would forgive you

  • boterfofy u are so right i wish every1 thought like that

  • A divorce sucks for the kids, but it was getting so bad that if they hadn't divorced, my mom would have killed my dad.

    Telling people to grow up is all very well and good, but the problem is that not everyone does. Mom grew up, but Dad never did. She couldn't spend the rest of her life caring for him when he wouldn't even *try* to help himself.

  • amen

  • I couldn't have said it any better my friend.

  • millions and millions of kids everywhere can relate!! its not u

  • My dad left me and my mom 2 months ago, letting us know by leaving a note. Then he came back and they were trying to work everything out. But he just left again... 2 nights ago, without even saying goodbye or telling us. And he's not coming back this time...

    :(

    can anyone relate ?

  • it's just nice to know that other people have felt this too and that you don't have to go through it all alone. it's nice that people can feel what you're feeling and you can relate

  • my stepdad and mom divorced when i was little. and i've never met my dad. i only have one sort of fatherly figure which is mom's boyfriend but he seems to be mad a lot lately so i have my papa to rely on but i don't see him all that much

  • i love this song i can so relate my parents are in the middle of a divorce and i always close my eyes and wish it'd be better

  • Damn this song is tight.

  • i wish it was

  • my parents divorced when i was young =(

  • I divorced when my daughter was young. She told me that this song was hers. It still kills me to this day knowing what she went through.

  • aww thats so sad =(

  • my stepdad and mom divorced. and i've never met my dad. i only have one sort of fatherly figure which is mom's boyfriend but he seems to be mad a lot lately

  • i love this song. &its

    so true. everything. it

    almost makes me wanna cry,

    just thinking about it.

  • Even though my parents haven't split or anything, I totally feel this song... I love it to death... the band in general is great, and I love them...

  • I remember hearing this when I was young and not knowing what it meant then but now I do and I see why it caught my attention. My child I decide not share but I think anyone who reads this gets the picture. It's an amazing with an understanding of what's it's like. It's amazing

  • yeah my parents got divorces 2 years ago and this song says everything

  • i agree.

  • haha i remember this song it help me get through times of my rents divorce and goin from school 2 school

  • I love this song it makes me sad but makes me respect everythin i do have even though at points i dont

  • damn amazing song

  • such a sad song

  • Always loved this song. So true. Love em.

  • this song is so cool.i used to have this on my ipod

  • thank you for post the lyrics, it's so real at anytime, even when you grow up, you can feel such a little boy o girl.

  • Wow! this song was so huge when I was young. Everytime I was feeling sad or something I'd listen to this song it would make me feel alot better.

    I <3 this song!

  • i lovee this song

  • i lovee this song

    =]

  • I think the song and the video go together great!...I'm sure a lot of people of all ages can relate with this song on an emotional level.

    Thanks for sharing it!

  • This song means so much to me,

    its been an inspirantion to me since i was little etc...

    Its a great song and i just cant get enough of it ^.^

  • all of you people are petty compared to the band

  • this song is one of the best songs to ever come out in the world, but im ashamed to say, i don't like the video very much. i know thats a bad thought, but i'd like to feel that im right, so im going to count backwards to 10. hold on, that didn't make sense? i feel better when i can say, that everything is so little, but the worlds so big. how can i smile with all these lies in my life. i just wish the guy that was playing the drums would stop jerking off the drum sticks.

  • this song so repersents me! with my parents!

  • i no how u feel

  • I like how you had the lyrics thx

  • this is so sad

    i love it!!!

  • oh God i feel so bad for those kids and anyones life who is like that.. im sorry

  • im sorry i feel bad for people.. sorryy

  • No need to b rude

  • wow man you are fagget when you cant even let some have a coment on somefeeling bad for people like really you must have a perfect life if you cant let someone have pitty really FUCK YOU

  • *very low, weak voice* you em...spelt pity wrong.... lol, just messn.

  • thank you for sticking up fpr me..!!

  • middle road:

    rather than pity, perhaps we can do something about this