The Only Thing Stopping Me From Being Happy Is That I’M Not More Depressed lyrics

Song information

Artist: Tism
Album: Att: Shock Records Faulty Pressing Do Not Manufacture

Lyrics

I been listenin' to silverchair, now I wish I was a freak;
Been readin' the river ophelia - I'd love a masochistic streak;
But I am just a normal guy - I even use capital "s" -
Why, I'd rather tell the papers that I secretly cross-dress;
Women who run with men who hate wolves just left me unimpressed -
I'm sure that I'd be happier if I could be more depressed

To get anywhere these days it seems a problem's a necessity;
Your father's gay; heroin's passe - just another fashion accessory;
I tried recovered memory, but that put me in a bind
Cos I became hypnotically aware my dad was really kind
You might have once been traumatized, but we're not all similarly blessed -
I'm sure that I'd be happier if I could be more depressed

I went along to the men's movement - "stop crying, girl," they'd shout;
Steve biddulph, who wrote that manhood book, got up and punched my lights out;
I went along to the women's room, but all I did was get it wrong -
I told 'em smack your bitch up was my current favorite song;
"But the prodigy are so confronting," I tried vainly to protest:
I'm sure that I'd be happier if I could be more depressed

I lied to the gambling help line, said I'd made my family poor -
When I asked what chance recovery, they offered me nine to four;
I rang that alan jones guy up, but he couldn't help me either:
"You a battler or a bludger?" he said - it turns out, I was neither!
"Come back when you're a stereotype if you wanna be in the press."
I'm sure that I'd be happier if I could be more depressed

Finally I told the wife the reason I'd been so undemanding
And what was worse, she took it well, and was totally understanding;
Those self-destructing relationships are simply too much fuss:
Whose afraid of virginia woolf? well, I gotta say, not us -
Would you believe I like my kids? can you get more mentally messed?
I'm sure that I'd be happier if I could be more depressed

Why is it just so hard for me to take things way too far?
I'd like to travel beyond good and evil, but first I gotta wash the car;
I'd like to get a nipple ring and connect it to my dodger
But somehow it just don't suit a bloke whose name is plain old roger-
I'd be a member of the underclass, but they'd laugh at how I dressed:
I'm sure that I'd be happier if I could be more depressed

So it looks like I got to give up my dream of joining the bad seeds -
Those guys can't handle confronting concepts, like "thanks" and "please"
Sneaking 16 things in the "12 items only" aisle will be my biggest sin;
It's the shopping center of modern consciousness that I will stay trapped in -
I buy my junk from off the streets - I find the trading post's the best:
I'm sure that I'd be happier if I could be more depressed

I just know I can't be creative. why? I'm not depressed enough -
Yet I wish I was the guy who wrote: "if you're creative - get stuffed."
There's a competition going to have the most painful lives
But the pain you feel from nine to five I guess don't qualify
Your life might be miserable, but that don't stop your art from being crappier:
I'm sure that I would be more depressed if I wasn't happier

[from http://lyrics.doheth.co.uk]

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