good friday

Why do I love all of tbc's break up songs so much? I don't know, but I do. Good Friday was actually the first single from Three Snakes and One Charm. To me, Good Friday is as much a tbc staple as something like Thorn in My Pride. But yes, getting back to it, Good Friday is by all accounts a breaking up song. In the iTunes exclusive, Chris says that Good Friday is as "as good a song as any that represents that whole record." They call Three Snakes and One Charm a "dissent album," when all of them were going through a lot of personal stuff. Slower stuff than Amorica, a darker place. And as Chris describes, Good Friday is "a good bye song...and whether or not you can say it's easy to put a song in the perspective of a relationship."
I'm surprised to hear Chris say that Three Snakes is his favourite album, even after all the years (not including Warpaint). But I won't disagree because of songs like Good Friday. When he sings "I will not forgive you / Nor will I accept the blame," once again, it just reminds me why I love tbc-- the honesty. Who hasn't felt like that? And to be able to write and sing it with such tenderness....the iTunes exclusive live version is phenomenal, if you get a chance.

We've been avoiding this for so long
Luxury is temporary then it's gone
I thought that we would happen
I guess I'm wrong
We'll say "hi" on the street then
We'll move along
I know this will be awkward
But not for long
Cause soon you'll have a new boy
to sing you songs

I will not forgive you
Nor will I accept the blame
I will see you on Good Friday
On Good Friday

I'm sorry I couldn't do this yesterday
And tomorrow I am busy
And what it is I can't say
And Saturday is no good
We got a show
So it has to be Good Friday
Then it's so long

I will not forgive you
Nor will I accept the blame
I will see you on Good Friday
On Good Friday

You, you come and go when you please
I know unfulfilled needs
I know you do too
But I, you know I didn't see things through
I didn't pay attention to you
But honey I tried