It’s a bad day.
It’s a train ride.
It’s a bad day.
You’re my medicine.
It’s a snow day.
It’s a full moon.
It’s a snow day.
When’d you get down to my bones?
And where’ll I find that wishing stone?
The beads, the records, all the calls, and the drinks alone.
First by mind, then by music
You’ll make this all less confusing.
It’s a slow dive down.
It’s a fast distraction.
It’s a strange fall forward,
My lame reaction
It’s a bad day.
It’s a long ride.
It’s a bad day
And you’re my medicine.
It’s a sinking feeling, pulls me through the seat of chairs.
When will you come rescue me, find solace, and then take me there?
You’ll say, “You’re not too tired for this life,
And it’s not gonna matter if you fall down twice.
You’re not too tired for this life,
And it’s not gonna matter if you fall down twice.”
When’d you get down to my bones?
And where’ll I find that wishing stone?
The beads, the records, all the calls, and the drinks alone.
It’s a bad day.
Two miles to go.
It’s a bad day.
You’re my medicine.
You’ll say, “You’re not too tired for this life,
And it’s not gonna matter if you fall down twice.
You’re not too tired for this life,
And it’s not gonna matter if you fall down twice.”
If you fall down, if you fall down
‘Cause you’re my medicine.
You’re my medicine.
You’re my medicine.
You’re my medicine.
It’s a long ride.
"I find it sad and uplifting at the same time. It's about having a bad day, but also about having something there to make it better in the end. In the phrase "you're my medicine" I use the image of medicine because it's something you can take that will make you feel better. When I was a little girl in Texas, snow days were supposed to be bad things because the city would shut down, but of course we loved them. I especially like singing this because it says, "You're not too tired for this life. It's not gonna matter if you fall down twice." Sometimes you need someone to tell you that it's okay that you're depressed or that you messed up - even if you've done it before. But you also need someone to shake you out of your weariness."