Song #62: Sarah Harmer - Don’t Get Your Back Up (off You Were Here - 2000)
I remember this song when it first came out. I felt so mature for loving Sarah Harmer and for playing this album until it wore out. Of course, like most non-Sloan albums, it fell out of rotation for a while, but I would always come back to it with more experience and wisdom and I could relate even more to it. (Please don’t get me started on Basement Apt - I could tell a hundred stories)
Sometimes you can’t do anything right.
Sometimes you compromise too much.
Sometimes you feel the need to compensate for things that aren’t your fault.
Sometimes things feel one-sided.
Sometimes you just want to move on from a problem.
And sometimes you can’t yet.
That’s what this song is about.
