On A Bad Day
Kasey Chambers Lyrics
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Have ever fallen
I keep 'em in my pocket
For a rainy day
So when it's pouring
I take them outside
I let the rain start washing
My tears away
But on a bad day
When hearts are breaking
There's not enough rain to carry
All the tears away
Every time I'm blue
I take my feeling
I hold it tighter
And I don't let go
And when the sky gets whiter
And the air is colder
I throw my feeling
To the falling snow
But on a bad day
When hearts are breaking
There's not enough snow to carry
All the blues away
Every time my heart
My heart starts breaking
I take this pain
And I hold it down
And I wait for the wailing
When the wind is comin'
And my pain is blowin'
Through another town
But on a bad day
When hearts are breaking
There's not enough wind to carry
All the pain away
Every time my tears
Have ever falling
I keep 'em in my pocket
For a rainy day
Kasey Chambers's song On A Bad Day deals with the theme of emotional pain and how one tries to deal with it. The lyrics employ various natural elements like rain, snow, and wind as metaphors for pain, heartbreak, and sadness. The singer talks about how she takes her tears and keeps them in her pocket for a rainy day, indicating that she tries to hold back her tears and deals with the sadness internally. However, on a bad day when hearts are breaking, she realizes that there's not enough rain, snow, or wind to carry away all the pain, and it becomes overwhelming.
The second verse talks about how she tries to deal with her blues by holding them tighter and throwing them to the falling snow, but again, there's not enough snow to carry all the blues away. The last verse talks about how she holds down her pain and waits for the wailing wind, indicating that she awaits the emotional release that comes with the expression of pain. But even here, the wind isn't enough to carry away all the pain on a bad day. The song emphasizes that no matter how one tries to deal with emotional pain, there are days when it becomes too much to handle, and there's no escape from it.
Line by Line Meaning
Every time my tears
Every time I cry
Have ever fallen
Have ever dropped from my eyes
I keep 'em in my pocket
I hold onto them
For a rainy day
To use in the future when I need them to wash away my tears
So when it's pouring
So when it's raining hard
I take them outside
I take my stored tears outside
I let the rain start washing
I let the rain start washing away my tears
My tears away
My stored tears that I have waited to use
But on a bad day
However, on a bad day
When hearts are breaking
When emotions are overwhelming and difficult to cope with
There's not enough rain to carry
There's not enough rain to wash away all of the tears
All the tears away
All of the tears I've been holding onto
Every time I'm blue
Every time I'm sad
I take my feeling
I take my emotions
I hold it tighter
I hold onto them tightly
And I don't let go
I refuse to let go of them
And when the sky gets whiter
And when the sky becomes cloudy and bleak
And the air is colder
And the temperature drops
I throw my feeling
I release my emotions
To the falling snow
To the snow that is falling down
But on a bad day
But on a bad day
When hearts are breaking
When emotions are too much to handle
There's not enough snow to carry
There's not enough snow to take away all of the sadness
All the blues away
All of the sadness I'm feeling
Every time my heart
Every time my heart
My heart starts breaking
Begins to break
I take this pain
I take this emotional pain
And I hold it down
I suppress it
And I wait for the wailing
And I wait for my emotions to come pouring out
When the wind is comin'
When the wind is blowing
And my pain is blowin'
And my emotions are being released
Through another town
Like they're being carried away
But on a bad day
But on a bad day
When hearts are breaking
When emotions are hard to handle
There's not enough wind to carry
There's not enough wind to take away all of the pain
All the pain away
All of the emotional pain I'm feeling
Lyrics © WORDS & MUSIC A DIV OF BIG DEAL MUSIC LLC, BMG Rights Management
Written by: KASEY CHAMBERS
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Nicole Dixon
They need to make a version of this that goes for an hour to 10 hours!
Kevin Crisantemi
I love her voice...its so comforting on a bad day....shes an angel❤
Jenny Serto
What a lovely voice it touched my heart and the lyrics so meaningful it clicked me deep down inside of me .
Jenny Serto
Every time my tears
Have ever fallen
I keep in my pocket
For a raining day
So when it's pouring
I take them outside
I let the rain start washing
My tears away......
But on a bad day
When heart are breaking
There's not enough rain to carry
All the tears away
Everytime I'm blue
I take my feeling
I hold it tighter
And i dnt let go
And when the sky get whiter
And the air is colder
I throw my feeling
To the falling snow
But on a bad day
When hearts are breaking
There's no enough snow to carry
All the blue away...
Every time my heart
My hearts start breaking
I take this pain
And i hold it down
And i wait for the wailing
When the wind is comin'
And my pain is blowin'
Through another town
But on a bad day
When hearts are breaking
There's not enough wind to carry
All the pain away
Every time my tears
Have ever falling
I keep in my pocket
For a raining day.
Meihonlung Kamei
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Michael .Konvicka
Great dancing song