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The Middle
Jimmy Eat World Lyrics

Hey
Don't write yourself off yet
It's only in your head you feel left out or looked down on
Just try your best
Try everything you can
And don't you worry what they tell themselves when you're away

It just takes some time
Little girl, you're in the middle of the ride
Everything, everything will be just fine

Everything, everything will be alright, alright

Hey
You know they're all the same
You know you're doing better on your own so don't buy in
Live right now
Yeah, just be yourself
It doesn't matter if it's good enough for someone else

It just takes some time
Little girl, you're in the middle of the ride
Everything, everything will be just fine
Everything, everything will be alright, alright

It just takes some time
Little girl, you're in the middle of the ride
Everything, everything will be just fine
Everything, everything will be alright, alright

Hey
Don't write yourself off yet
It's only in your head you feel left out
Or looked down on
Just do your best
Do everything you can
And don't you worry what their bitter hearts are gonna say

It just takes some time
Little girl, you're in the middle of the ride
Everything, everything will be just fine
Everything, everything will be alright, alright

It just takes some time
Little girl, you're in the middle of the ride
Everything, everything will be just fine
Everything, everything will be alright

Lyrics © Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
Written by: Thomas Darrell Linton, Zachary Michael Lind, Richard E Burch, James Christopher Adkins

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"The Middle" is a song by American rock band Jimmy Eat World. It was released in October 2001 as the second single of their fourth album "Bleed American". It was a number-five hit on the US Billboard Hot 100 in 2002 and reached the top 50 in Australia, Ireland, New Zealand and the United Kingdom. The song was a breakthrough hit for Jimmy Eat World, who had self-financed the recording of the "Bleed American" album after being dropped by Capitol Records in 1999.

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01Bleed American2:57

02A Praise Chorus3:55

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07If You Don't, Don't4:24

08Get It Faster3:38

09Cautioners5:21

10The Authority Song3:37

11My Sundown5:47

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Most interesting comments from YouTube:

NeekkeKayla

1y↑460

[Verse 1]
Hey, don't write yourself off yet
It's only in your head, you feel left out
Or looked down on
Just try your best, try everything you can
And don't you worry what they tell themselves
When you're away

[Chorus]
It just takes some time
Little girl, you're in the middle of the ride
Everything, everything will be just fine
Everything, everything will be alright, alright

[Verse 2]
Hey, you know they're all the same
You know you're doing better on your own (On your own)
So don't buy in
Live right now, yeah, just be yourself
It doesn't matter if it's good enough (Good enough)
For someone else

[Chorus]
It just takes some time
Little girl, you're in the middle of the ride
Everything, everything will be just fine
Everything, everything will be alright, alright
It just takes some time
Little girl, you're in the middle of the ride
Everything, everything will be just fine
Everything, everything will be alright, alright
Woo!

[Guitar Solo]

[Verse 3]
Hey, don't write yourself off yet
It's only in your head, you feel left out (Feel left out)
Or looked down on
Just do your best (Just do your best)
Do everything you can (Do everything you can)
And don't you worry what their bitter hearts (Bitter hearts)
Are gonna say

[Chorus]
It just takes some time
Little girl, you're in the middle of the ride
Everything, everything will be just fine
Everything, everything will be alright, alright
It just takes some time
Little girl, you're in the middle of the ride
Everything, everything will be just fine
Everything, everything will be alright

Muhammad Hafizi

2y↑781

Hey, don't write yourself off yet
It's only in your head, you feel left out
Or looked down on
Just try your best
Try everything you can
And don't you worry what they tell themselves
When you're away
It just takes some time
Little girl, you're in the middle of the ride
Everything, everything will be just fine
Everything, everything will be all right, all right
Hey, you know they're all the same
You know you're doing better on your own (On your own)
So don't buy in
Live right now
Yeah, just be yourself
It doesn't matter if it's good enough (Good enough)
For someone else
It just takes some time
Little girl, you're in the middle of the ride
Everything, everything will be just fine
Everything, everything will be all right, all right
It just takes some time
Little girl, you're in the middle of the ride
Everything, everything will be just fine
Everything, everything will be all right, all right
Whoo
Hey, don't write yourself off yet
It's only in your head, you feel left out (Feel left out)
Or looked down on
Just do your best (Just do your best)
Do everything you can (Do everything you can)
And don't you worry what their bitter hearts (Bitter hearts)
Are gonna say
It just takes some time
Little girl, you're in the middle of the ride
Everything, everything will be just fine
Everything, everything will be all right, all right
It just takes some time
Little girl, you're in the middle of the ride
Everything, everything will be just fine
Everything, everything will be all right

All comments from YouTube:

leokimvideo

1y↑3.5K

A song so good it's time stamped into history as the good old days music. Rare to pull it off.

7 ViewerLogic

Cool.

Kane Burgoyne

We are always in the good old days . You just don’t realise it

Danny Malatesta

@Muikku Yet you're sitting here defending each comment while listening to the song, grow up you're obviously in denial and projecting because every late 2000's song has autotune and repetitive, the 90's was different.

Miner Of Diamonds boy

Hi Leo totally agree

fer262

27w

Good old days 👴

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IanTheGreat

1y↑1.4K

"It doesn't matter if you're good enough, for someone else" This is literally the greatest line, such a great saying to live by

lou will

4w↑1

@bleachdragon88 sadly the youth of today do more than ever

bleachdragon88

Literally everyone needs to take this advice and not give a f^#! what anyone else thinks

IanTheGreat

6w↑1

@The real Spacer The line is literally referring to people like you 💀 Idk if you're trolling but that's the most ironic comment I've ever read 🤣

En2:P

Because you're more than enough for another

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cognitivephonetician

50w↑457

My daughter was not even two years old when our doctor told us that she was probably autistic. Even though I had suspected that for awhile, it still a shock to hear someone else say it. When my wife and my daughter and I got back into the car to go home that day, this song was playing on the radio, and it just seemed like exactly what we all needed to hear at the time. Its lyrics are so perfect for a kid on the spectrum, in fact, that I still think of it as the "autism song" to this day.

Paintbynumbers

😭😭

OhTheHorror

2w↑1

I love this!! My little one is high spectrum and I sing this song for him all the time. Ahh the saving grace of Jimmy Eat World ❤️

DerelictDiva

3w↑2

I was the weird adhd girl, who didn’t know why she was weird until I was 40, this song has been my theme song for my whole dang life because it has just fit so well, and gives so much hope. It’s okay to be weird, normal is boring, and you’re great, what a message.❤

Cris K

3w↑1

I'm autistic and this song came on while I went out to buy lunch and uplifted my spirits unexplainably. I believe that too

Blue Echo

6w↑2

This song has helped me many a time since my teens. I always knew I was different; the world and the people in it would pass me by and everything seemed so confusing to me. I was a constant target of ridicule and I never understood why. 3 years ago, I was diagnosed with Autism. It finally all made sense. I didn't make things easier (I have trouble with so many basic daily tasks and can't hold a job [and no, I don't get gov help]), but at least I know now, and this song encourages me in that it will all be alright. It also helped me feel okay with being disabled and comfortable being different. So, I agree, it's a good autism song!😄

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philly_sports

48w↑330

This has to be one of the most uplifting, wholesome, and heartwarming songs of all time. Such a great message with such great music. Thanks for everything, Jimmy Eat World.

philly_sports

11w↑1

@Stanley Podlinski Go Birds

Stanley Podlinski

11w

Bro I see you everywhere.
Fly eagles fly

Greg The Flying Whale

1y↑814

I WANT THIS TYPE OF MUSIC TO BE IN THE CHARTS AGAIN 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

Julian Gomez

@Charlie M you’ve obviously never heard of Lil Baby

G

10w

@Charlie M When money takes everything over, those things usually go to shit. Lowest common denominator.

Charlie M

10w↑2

This comment made me sad. What happened. What happened to good music. What happened to all media? Tv shows, music, movies, YouTube, and social media sucks now. 😔

G

11w

Don't hold your breath.

The Knowing

11w↑2

Unfortunately it won’t happen again because the artists today will never influence a new generation of this type of music to make a come back… bitter sweetness;)

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Kier Luke

12w↑70

Lost my mum this year. Went for a smoke outside. Looked up and said "miss you mum". Came back in house, this song was playing. Chorus hit me. Thank you for the message.

Marco Barsi

I am very sorry for your loss.

Jack Laurentius

4w↑2

Sorry for your loss. May she rest in God’s arms peacefully. Everything will be alright, Luke.

Mark James

6w↑2

Better stop smoking or your friends are gonna remember you the same way.

Stuart Burns

11w↑3

Just do your best Kier 🙏

Joystick Plays

12w↑2

Sorry for your loss

The One And Only Ravioli

1y↑3.2K

Can't believe I just found out today that Jim wrote this song for a 13 year old fan who wrote the band asking for advice because she wasn't fitting in with the other punk kids at school. That honestly just makes this song even that much more better to me.

Kiara Herrera

Omggg that's the CUTEST thing ever

Kyle

Wrong.

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"The Middle" was written after Jimmy Eat World had been dropped from Capitol Records following the release of Clarity, their previous album. Their second album, Static Prevails, had sold just 10,000 copies in 1996 and Capitol Records decided to drop the band in 1999 due to a change in priorities. Singer and guitarist Jim Adkins explained to the Dallas Observer: "We were just about invisible there and it wasn't going to get any better."

"The Middle" reflects these trying times for the band with lyrics about "Don't write yourself off yet" when feeling "left out or looked down on." The band decided to finance the recording of the album and keep things simple on the new record rather than experiment, as they had done on previous records. "On our new stuff, rather than challenging ourselves [by] getting real experimental, we kind of went in the other direction, challenging ourselves by getting very simple."

Djv N

6w↑1

Noooo way thats so special because i was 12 or 13... at the time.

The One And Only Ravioli

@xotbirdox Hey, I had no idea this comment had this many comments untill today lol. Thank you for backing me up. I didn't personally read about it but watched a Jimmy Eat World documentary where they talked about it. The way they said it sounded like it was common knowledge that's why I wrote "I can't believe I just found out today..." When I came back to revisit the song after the documentary. Thank you again for backing me up though and reinforcing no stories were made up here :)

The One And Only Ravioli

@Quentin Mac. I think it was something to do with what was being marketed and consumed at the time by other bands. So the lyrical content didn't so much match the video but they made the video that way to get more TV time. I may be totally wrong though the comment I originally made is what stood out the most to me from that documentary.

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gabrielle dormuth

34w↑228

It's 2022 and I still love this classic

Latino weirdo

17w↑1

FRRR

Erroll Leggo

21w↑1

Woowoo, it's a great song.

David Saint John

21w↑1

Humanity cries out for uplifting music

Javen Barber

23w↑1

Yeah

R V

32w↑3

Hear, Hear!!

Max Payne

5w↑18

They don’t make music like this anymore. Absolute classic. I can listen to this forever.

Antonio Cimota

48w↑161

I used to dislike this song in my teens- then I ended a long term relationship a few yrs ago and just now in 2022 thinking about my 40th birthday it brought me good vibes and positive thoughts... now one of my favorite songs after all that life has put me through- lost my kids in a custody battle in 2011, was homeless in 2012 as a result, broke up with the love of my life 5 yrs ago, and now, living alone and loving life after all it has given me... thank you for this!!!

e Arbo

13w

Me too dude .. I even like good Charlotte and Simple Plan now. The music that comes out today is garbage and the music industry should be ashamed for the culture shift. It’s either rap or country now.. no thanks

Shayden Evelyn Hornsby

45w

Gr8

paul torres

45w↑1

Just like the song every thing will be just fine keep rocking brother good times are ahead stay cool

What's Cooking With Mike ! cook eat chat motivate

46w↑3

Good for you brother we've all been through some s*** keep on kicking ass

Gleydson evANGELista

Nossa essa música da minha juventude 💘

g4mblerr17

1y↑60

This song is such a feel good masterpiece. It pulled me through some hard days, but also, kept my spirits up during very good moments. Thank you, from the bottom of my heart.

Mohd Shahrizal Mohamed

10w

Hell yeah 👍

I said what I said

3y↑5.9K

I listened to this as a moody teenager not knowing what would happen in my life or where I would end up.
I listened to this a 21 year old in my first proper job as an adult not knowing what the heck I was doing.
I am now listening to this in my 30s in a neonatal hospital ward after having just lost my child at 5 days old.
This song has been a soundtrack to my life through many hard times. To whoever is listening now, I hope it can be there for you too.

Jay Ay

You're amazing!! Never forget that

Elvira Gutierrez

18w

I just saw this how are u now???🥰🥰🥰

Angela Riley.

27w

I'm so sorry. I feel your pain my Daughter had a still born baby girl at 8 months. We were overjoyed and had all sort of plans for her. We are still devastated to this day.

TRT VITOR

34w

hope you're well these days

Resumo TV III

34w

um pouco das duas coisass

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Baron Von Lichtenstein

1y↑62

One of the catchiest songs of all time. A 3 chord masterpiece. It's pop perfection.

Mark James

6w↑1

It really is a 3 chord wonder. We played this song, in the cover band I was in, back in 2015. Every time we played it, we got asked to play it again and again. Lol. Sometimes, you just gotta give the people what they want.

Shaun X

2w↑2

When I play this in the car I literally feel like I’m in an early 2000’s teen movie and it’s the background music lol.

dude

22w↑33

This song hits so much different when you come back to it 20 years later.

M1911Mike

10w↑23

Can we just appreciate they put out a banger about positivity and self worth in a sea of so many other songs on the complete opposite side of the spectrum

XP_junkie

30w↑25

this song always helps when you're going through a tough time and you don't feel like you belong anywhere. "it just takes some time, everything will be alright", still holding on to this.

Lauren

2y↑13.2K

Don't worry guys. I'm still working on that time machine. I'll take us all home.

Girl X

7w↑1

Thanks Lauren! You rock ❤

MILENARIA R&R

22w

🍷

mark widnes

23w

I'm working on the fountain of youth... maybe we should get together. 💖😊

1986misfits

25w↑1

Get me the hell outta this place please. This entire world has gone mental. Take me home

Yu

25w↑1

Please don’t leave me behind 🥺❤️

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Tessloves5SOS

26w↑29

I had a really rough day today but I got home and turned this on and I immediately knew everything was going to be okay

Cecilia Winter

6w↑3

I was having a hard day and overheard this while I was in the grocery store. Been sitting on my head and heart since! Such a good message and song! <3

Mr Happy

7w↑2

I truly love and appreciate the guitar riff sounding like the tense nervous energy of our youthful days. And then that solid solo, like we have found ourselves in a singular moment.

TP

13w↑7

This came out I was 16 everyone loved this song. Such a bop. Now I’m 28 and it just popped up and it hit me so different this time. The lyrics. Just had my heart broken, but it just takes time. I know I’ll get through. Everything will be alright 🥹 Thanks.

Matthew Koralewski

Still love this song just like when it first came out rock on

Ur-_-Killa-TV

3y↑5.8K

That awkward moment when you’ve been listening to this song for over 15 years

.. and everything still isn’t alright..

maria avila

17w

Nothing is all right

Pierre C

43w

Funny

DH 702

48w

For me 21... Wild

Matthew McTaggart

50w

It just takes some time

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MUD

11w↑6

I just wanna say thank you to whoever is reading this, even if you haven't shared your story about how this song relates to your life I still know you've got one. Reading everyone's comments about huge life altering events and relating them to this song and how it helped them or whatever the case is, it's beautiful. It also makes me giggle because for me it was lifting me up when I thought my whole world was falling apart due to issues with my girlfriend... IN THE 6TH GRADE, LOL!!! Really just puts things into perspective in a major way and lets me know that I'm not the only one that found some peace through this song, and of course how teeny tiny my seemingly world ending problems were in comparison to the HUGE things other people were facing at or around the same time. I love you all, thanks for being here and sharing a little bit of your life with us!

xyrt00

16w↑12

Thank you for writing this song, it kept me from suicide in my 20s , at 40, you were right, everything is alright. I would have missed meeting my wonderful husband and having my beautiful children. Thank you forever.

WonderWomanSays

43w↑9

Such an uplifting, beautiful song. This song makes me feel like everything will be ok (even if for only a few minutes) and sometimes that's the best you can ask for in the moment

Andres Camargo

7w↑4

Still remember my mom buying me my first radio back in 1999 , I was 6 and one day in the 2000's just turning 91X and this song was rocking and I knew this is what I wanted to hear for the rest of my childhood and my life 😎🙏🏽

Amélie Arseneault

1y↑25

This song will never be too old. I heard this song when i was 10 years old and ten years later, I still love this song with all my heart. Thank you for this song

vodkadile

2y↑3.6K

As someone born in 1996, I was literally raised with this song. You couldn't go anywhere in the 2000's and not hear this masterpiece.

John Johnson

50w

‘97 here.. I miss these times😓 I wish I could’ve been in my 20’s in the 2000’s... 20’s just aren’t cool anymore

lone Wolf and Cub

50w

Born 1986

G

51w↑1

I was born in 1963 and I love this song. Because I'm not an idiot.

ZOOM CLIPS

52w

me too bro soo true

heady

You are too young ofr this song. Justin bieber, one direction and selena gomez are your level

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greenninja222

49w↑64

2022 still going strong as a damn amazing song I remember when it first came out

SomeGingerGuy

33w↑9

This song will always be special to me. Thank you. Absolutely legendary song forever stamped in history.

BlackLilly12

1y↑9

This song plays in the back of my head frequently, and it’s always been relatable but these days I’m going to therapy for some major anxiety issues and this morning it popped in my head more clearly. Like someone was trying to literally tell me “hey, don’t write yourself off yet-it’s only in your head you feel left out and looked down on” it’s not like it’s the first time I’ve absorbed the lyrics but it was the first time it spoke to the part of me that it reached.
That being said, I hope you’re having a good day, don’t give up, it just takes some time.

MömpfLP

51w↑5

This song has been suggested to me recently and I can relate so much to it. It feels like this song was made especially for me.
I listen to it repeatedly while i hope for better times.

Rachel Ann Breen

6w↑4

44 years old and This Song Still Makes Me WANNA Kick The World Right In The Damn Cherries!!! 💪🕶💖

TheBlondemoment55

2y↑1.9K

One of the most if not the most uplifting, reassuring songs ever made. I can't count how many times this song pulled me out of a deep sad state. Thank you for this.

Homura Akemi

47w↑1

My dad would have me listen to this when I was 16... I'm 33... maybe still alive due to it... so fuck yeah!

huyked

@FootsureBobcat
Thanks, man. Glad you're still doing good no matter the outcome of the relationship. Hope you find your girl. I'm hoping I find one in this lifetime. :( But glad you're staying positive.

FootsureBobcat

1y↑2

@huyked Oh yeah, I still love this song, when I first wrote that comment I was talking to this girl, and while we don’t talk anymore I still bang my head to it. Gotta stay positive and just enjoy life with my homies, hope you’re doing well too brotha

huyked

@FootsureBobcat
I hope things are still going well for you, and that things have gotten better, or at least a continued change to a different perspective that is positive.

huyked

1y↑1

It's doing so for me for the first time ever, today. I've heard it before, but never got such an uplift till today

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DVegeta24 !

1y↑8

One of my top 5 favorite songs. Catchy and easy to sing great instrumentals great vocal 10/10

Anthony Monterosso

1y↑7

Heard this song at work today (I work in a restaurant kitchen) and it had all of us singing along and I gotta admit, I was in a very good mood because this song was on! Also got me feeling really nostalgic for the early 2000s

IMANUDDIN YUSUF

43w↑13

This song just like a friend say to me that "Everything is gonna be alright"
Its really simple song but always got me ❤️❤️

Mypet Blackie

17w↑2

This song speaks so much to me and I always put it on whenever the voice in my head tells me I'm not good enough. It's just such a comforting song that gives great advice at the same time that just washes my insecurities away and gives me the strength to give it another shot

On top of that, I saw that this music video represented what being ace is to them, but for me being a trans woman, and seeing that last scene- that part stuck out to me a lot cause it's like a mirror image of him. I know it's cheesy and not what they intended but it just makes this song hit a lot more close to home, you know? I'm so grateful that this song exists, it's helped me more times than I can count

Leigh Von Arx

7w↑2

Such a good song. Such bad memories. So beautiful. 🤘don’t forget to let the bad times roll, keep jamming

Freaky Door knob

3y↑5.5K

This is like one of the most highschool songs you'll ever hear

David Sanchez

50w

Jjgems

52w

@Jan this was every middle schoolers and high schoolers anthem for the entire 2000s! Lol. I was in middle school and that’s when the peers pressure and trying to fit in, etc.. really started and it just got worse in high school lmao

Hannah Preston

I did a presentation and a whole ass speech on this song in high school. It was supposed to be written about your “theme song”, I aced it.

Reel-Films 1998

I raise you, Ocean Avenue

@TheRealJoesphRobinetteBidenJr

Middle school

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Natalia Mabel

6w↑1

WOW... JUST WOW. This song will always have a special place in my heart.

sweetpera

1y↑8

Such a great song! Thank you for writing this! It's beautiful and my family loves it.

Jerryberry1984

50w↑6

One of the few punk/rock jams that's transcended test of time. I was in high school in 2002 when this came out

Lilith Lockhart

1y↑4

I haven't listened to this song in over 5 years now. I came here to remember my sister as this was one of her favorite songs. Thanks for the memories.

Little OG

❤️❤️❤️

Goated

29w↑2

I listen to this every time I’m having a bad day, it helps me keep going. Thank you for this song 🙌🏽

NeekkeKayla

1y↑460

Cleveland Savage

9w↑2

Careful, she's a hero you know.

TheMetatron333

22w↑6

Doing god’s work.

LacyJ💎

25w↑4

Thank you 💎

tofu

1y↑5

one of the top 10 songs ever written. 100% perfect!!!
a masterpiece!

Santos

1y↑11

One of the most underrated bands ever

DAVE HENRY

9w↑3

One of the greatest songs & videos ever. Nuf said.

Iffyish

24w↑6

This song is timeless because it's honestly just good advice

wrenchesngrease

9w↑6

Been listening to these guys since middle school 2001 saw them live in 2017 they sound the same live as they do on record unlike most bands.

Keru ToL

Dang that’s crazy

OK

6y↑404

Don't conform to what everyone else is doing if it's not you. Eventually you'll find someone who's right for you. Needed this video's message right now. Thank ya guys.

ya boi

6y↑1

OK I'd join in with an under ware party. I'd probably be the one to start it.

Lydia Gray

6y↑3

OK I think the music video stems from part of the band being Mormon or ex-mormon and holding yourself to different standards regarding modesty and things like that, idk just a thought

milk

6y↑1

The video is about a girl emailing one of the band members and saying how she doesn't fit. And the band felt sorry and made this song for her. Lol, sorry.

Crystal Felmly

OK Amen!

OK

6y↑2

ragejinraver you and me both

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Edgardo Orozco Castillo

1y↑3

De los mejores recuerdos que tengo de mi secundaria...
Amaba esta canción y recuerdo bien los buenos tiempos de mtv.
:'c

Nicole Werner

30w↑1

Just be yourself! 39 yrs old and this still makes me smile!

jose martinez

27w

Nicole Werner I'm 39 also totally agree

Jabbar Muhammad

1y↑6

One of my favorite rock bands from the 2000s

Anna

50w↑4

It's nice to know that others still enjoy this song b/c my dad was singing this to me when I was a kid. 😭

Cool Cat Clayfield

3w↑3

This will be my theme song to lose weight..."it will just take some time"...but one day I will be the same size as all these people; "I will not write myself off yet; I will try my best; I will just be myself"...great motivational lyrics!!

Sarah Holland

6y↑1.2K

To this day this is still my favorite song. It never fails to make me feel better when I'm down:))

Ahhw E-Any

It's sweet. But sometimes I need more anger. I'm gonna go over to Godsmack 🤷

Alex Geraghty

Yeah. It cheers me up even just from the intro. Lyrics have real meaning to and are reassuring and comforting

Blake 221B

Are you dutch?

Tiny Pastel Mia

Sarah Holland yeah same

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ReadySetMoses

50w↑3

This song overcomes me with nostalgia like no other.....I feel the same way my dad always looked as a kid when American Pie came on the radio. One of my teenage anthems for sure.

Curt

36w↑3

I heard this song every day on the radio. Jammed it. Wanted to believe it so bad. I didn't. Here I am 43 and finally getting it. Everything will be alright, he's right.

Marco Medrano

1y↑2

This song is so catchy that it's become legendary!!

Renata Cantore

26w↑4

This Song is a Life Saver 🛟 Keep The Faith. Your Dreams Can Come True❤

Joseph Fung

42w↑3

the vibe i always get with this song is its freshman year, first time in dorms, moving in, and kinda feeling scared but also excited about university/college campus life

An extremely nice guy

9y↑85

The message of this song is epic! No matter how down you feel there is always a way out! it just takes some time. If you know someone that's down tell them that, and make them listen this song, So guys lets make the world a little bit better! and do it!

birdyvee

9y↑1

it's my Ultimate feel-good song for any non-100% happy mood :)

An extremely nice guy

Freodeo <3

Freodeo

An extremely nice guy the love is strong brah! i love it!

GhostReaper

1y↑5

This song just gives an awesome vibe. love it !

Karl Mandreit

1y↑3

What a masterpiece, never gets old 🤪😎🤟

Declan Allen

6w↑1

I can’t believe my dads best friend is the maker of this band, blows my mind

P1NKY

31w

Ainda estou viciada 🗿🍷🇧🇷

buddhastaxi666

8w↑1

That melody and rythym keeps creating....when the melody meets Voice is insane.

Kalimar Nakanak

1y↑822

Was crying from an anxiety attack so I listened to this. Still crying, but it's from relief now instead of anxiety. This song feels like it reaches into my heart and scoops out all the bad feelings. I won't say it cured my depression and anxiety, but it was definitely a puff of fresh air from the stifling emotions.

Edit: Thanks everyone for all the support! I wasn't expecting that at all! I do want to say though that I'm not looking for advice, because I'm doing a lot better now! Have a wonderful day!

Freddie

33w

Here here . We’re all the same . It helps me too

soulsilverrodriguez

35w

You got this dont let anxiety take over your life. You have the control of your well being remember that take action instead of worrying try exercising its a big stress reliever. Start small like walking for an hour and then build up from there.

Tinhead92

35w

Music has great powers I'm autistic and scizoaffective so I know all about chronic anxiety I use CBD you should give it a go

Red Skies

35w

Hi I recommend a new indie song,video and album here on youtube called 'Looking Into The Mirror' By Robert Nix

Adam Fitz

36w

I’m sorry that

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Jack Shizt

50w↑15

Seriously the best song too listen to when you're feeling down and out. I try to listen to it as much as I can because of my depression. It really does help keep the depression down imo.

NotAnUndercoverCop

18w↑3

How is this song still so god damn good after all these years? Still gives me goosebumps every single time. I will never not love this song.

maria avila

17w

Its a great song

Ben Murie

30w↑1

I love this! It's just as relevant in adulthood as it was all those years ago.

Off The Chain Atheist

11w

I Aboslutely LOVE this song, it's helped me thru many dark moments.

Elvira Gutierrez

18w↑25

For a 50 year old woman to be going through one of the hardest times in her life and at the moment praying to God and crying out and this song coming on. totally changed my perspective at that moment. believe that it was God just telling me it's going to be all right. two years later I'm still here, better than I was and a lot happier. 🥰

James Miranda

17w↑3

Also I never really fit in, but things can get better.

James Miranda

17w↑3

I have gout. Just got a recent bad attack, crippling me mostly from work for the past few weeks. I'm getting better and I thought of this awesome, amazing song and I feel like everything, everything will be just fine. Everything, everything will be all right.

Muhammad Hafizi

2y↑781

Bio Panda

I thought It was “hey don’t rot yourself all day” but the more you know

georgia morales

Still listen to it. Still matters

Danny daniels

It don't sound like he's saying you're in the middle of the ride though 😬

thatcher81

It's not "Little Girl, you're in the middle of the ride..." IT IS "Little girl in the middle of the ride." There is no "you're" in the lyrics.

joc

@jnerdsblog YES

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David Nikolalde

¡A los tiempos esta canción!🤘

KD Morris

1y↑5

Born 1984 but this was in my hay day. Still one of the songs that gets me through life

Miner Of Diamonds boy

51w↑2

This song is my favorite now to listen to its just so catchy and amazing 🎧🎶😊🎸

lovelyasmr

12w↑1

as someone that 3/4 of the way through high school and still struggling to make friends or fit in, this song always helps everytime i listen to it

Demian DC

1y↑4

When i was teenager, dreaming with a party like this! Amazing song

Mafia1997

2y↑468

I love this. It’s like no matter how different you feel, as long as you keep being yourself you’ll find the right person for you. So don’t be like everyone else to find someone. I know my someone is out there.

Fred Mercury

I'm 43.

Your someone may very well not be out there.

Natalia Turner

2y↑4

Rooting for you, Mafia 💖 I know there are some cynics/misanthropes who would say you're setting yourself up for disappointment by hanging your hopes on romantic love for happiness. But the truth is, in order for life to go on, it's imperative for people to find mates & start families together. It's just natural, and there is hardly anything that comes close to the kind of happiness & fulfillment you feel when you're able to build a good family life & take care of everyone you love. So I think searching for a good mate is a perfectly valid goal in pursuit of happiness. I also think you're right about what the song suggests - that the best rule of thumb for achieving that, is to be kind to yourself. Get to know yourself really well & learn to love the person you are, because once you have that self-love & self-knowledge, you'll have the confidence to be authentic with others, and you won't feel compelled by your insecurities to settle for anyone who is being fake (or have your insecurities direct you in other areas of life, like career & lifestyle decisions, or other types of relationships)

The only thing is not to underestimate just how incredibly difficult the process of getting to know yourself & love yourself can be, especially if your parents/caregivers when you were growing up were emotionally neglectful, dismisssive, judgmental, abusive, etc - or if it was something in the culture/generation you grew up in where you were shunned or devalued somehow. That will mess with a kid's head/heart so much that it's like you're starting at a deficit, because you have to deprogram all of the toxic beliefs you acquired along the way about yourself & the world, before you can see your worth. Depending on how bad it was, it can feel like an impossible task. I like this song because it was speaking directly to a younger generation to not be too hard on themselves or give up on themselves. I think the sooner kids who are struggling can find that message in their life - even if it's just through music, or something else in pop culture like movies, books, etc - the better, because it plants a seed that can help them start to course correct for the mistakes their parents or their culture made, when they were younger.

Dean Parker

2y↑2

@Robert Mendibles this song was released in 2001...🤣

Robert Mendibles

2y↑2

I was a little younger but I remember the great guitar sound of the late 80's and that kind of production isn't around much anymore.(like missing persons).Robby.

Dean Parker

Don't worry bro you'll find a Gumare

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Luciana Torres

48w↑1

EU AMO MUITO 😍🔥

kokugo14

1y↑4

I used to listen to this on my way to school and it helped so much with my social anxiety.

blumoon3100

29w↑2

This song has always played on the radio when I was going through shite. Do I cry every time? Yes. Do I feel better after? Yes. Love this song.

Nahtanoj2510

24w↑1

Man, it's just imposible to not feel nostalgic, what a great song, what a great times, tome flew out so fast,....

Mister_p

43w↑2

This tune just gets better and better the more you listen to it. Volume to the max. Get your mosh on & have some fun. Rock on 🎶🕺🍻

Michael Lake

43w↑1

Glad to see we’ve still got some people with some class. Hats off to you 🫡

Edeya Wilson

3y↑90

Musicians should create songs with messages like this song. Its important to keep self esteem at a level that defends you from unwarranted negativity. Thanks Jimmy eat World

What the Media won't tell you

2y↑1

i comented then same haha this music is fulkl knowledge

Ablyithyneldycorgenalpolypiperlamide

2y↑5

2020: wap it like it's hot

Paradox Wolf

38w↑5

“It’s only in your head you feel left out or looked down on” those were some words I really needed to here recently, have a group of friends and had the feeling none of them liked me, this reassured me that they like me, I’ve been friends with those people for years now

Mr. Cancer

27w

Used to listen to this song so much like 12 years ago and I never realized it was by this band and when I recently discovered them and this song I was beyond happy

MattsARocknRolla

12w↑6

Lyrics hit so different when you’re an adult and understand it

max blick

15w↑1

Discovered this song while back. Great song! Makes you happy.

trololo111

43w↑2

21 years and still .....nice nostalgy... :) Good old times....

jordan dodson

4y↑821

When I get depressed and down I listen to this song its very uplifting

dave_pilot

same here :(

Lowe 29

Liam Obrien I work hard, I have friends who are loyal and kind to me, I'm easy to make some new friends but I still got depressed couple times in a month. Sometimes when I push myself to work harder just to get the "distraction" you're talking about, it's only leads me into my worst phase which is flat mood. Makes me feel like a dead man walking.