Here’s another edition of the Thursday Evening Post. 🎶

Have you ever listened to a song that you remember hearing as a kid and realized that you completely missed the meaning of it when you were a kid? 🤣

That happened to me with Everclear’s “Wonderful.”

Lyrics:

I close my eyes when I get too sad
I think thoughts that I know are bad
Close my eyes and I count to ten
Hope it’s over when I open them
I want the things that I had before
Like a Star Wars poster on my bedroom door
I wish I could count to ten
Make everything be wonderful again
Hope my mom and I hope my dad
Will figure out why they get so mad
Hear them scream, I hear them fight
They say bad words that make me wanna cry
I close my eyes when I go to bed
And I dream of angels who’ll make me smile
I feel better when I hear them say
“Everything will be wonderful someday”
Promises mean everything when you’re little
And the world’s so big
I just don’t understand how
You can smile with all those tears in your eyes
And tell me everything is wonderful now
Please don’t tell me everything is wonderful now
I go to school and I run and play
I tell the kids that it’s all ok
I laugh a lot so my friends won’t know
When the bell rings I just don’t wanna go home
Go to my room and I close my eyes
I make believe that I have a new life
I don’t believe you when you say
Everything will be wonderful some day
Promises mean everything when you’re little
And the world is so big
I just don’t understand how
You can smile with all those tears in your eyes
When you tell me everything is wonderful now
No
No, I don’t wanna hear you tell me everything is wonderful now
No
No, I don’t want to hear you tell me everything is wonderful now
I don’t want to hear you say
That I will understand some day
No, no, no, no
I don’t want to hear you say
That you both have grown in a different way
No, no, no, no
I don’t want to meet your friend
And I don’t want to start over again
I just want my life to be the same
Just like it used to be
Some days I hate everything
I hate everything
Everyone and everything
Please don’t tell me everything is wonderful now
No
Please don’t tell me everything is wonderful now
Please don’t tell me everything is wonderful now
I don’t wanna hear you tell me
I don’t wanna hear you tell me
Everything is wonderful now
No
Please don’t tell me everything is wonderful now
Everything is wonderful now
Everything is wonderful now

When I was a kid, I remember that this song was on the radio A LOT.

I remember singing along to the words that I knew and bobbing my head with it—not thinking about what the song was saying.

Watching this music video and listening to the lyrics as an adult was definitely an eye-opening experience.

This song talks about how difficult it is for children to deal with their parents separating. The following lines are especially moving:

I go to school and I run and play
I tell the kids that it’s all ok
I laugh a lot so my friends won’t know
When the bell rings I just don’t wanna go home

It’s so sad when children feel that they can’t talk about what challenges they are experiencing at home. ☹️

This song is SO POWERFUL! It gives a voice to all the children who have a difficult home life. ❤️

It lets those children know that they are NOT alone.💙

I really appreciate that Everclear released this song and hope that this song has given children the courage to talk to someone. 💜

How do you feel about the song and the music video?

When music unites people, it is so powerful! 💚💚💚

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