Most of the Time
The crack inside a denial
The qualification in the title leaves an opening inside certainty from the beginning. The more carefully the narrator describes recovery, the more that recovery seems to need proving. The song does more than expose a lie: self-protection and honesty inhabit the same voice.
The hazy sound makes the speech resemble a private rehearsal, or an address to someone absent. Attend to tone rather than plot and an apparent lack of events becomes dramatic. The smallest qualifications carry some of the greatest weight.
READ THE COMPLETE OFFICIAL LYRICSOriginal editorial interpretation: one possible listening perspective, not a claim to the songwriter’s definitive intention.
