Analysis of Sometimes I’m Drunk

Greg Lanier 1962 (Atlanta, GA)



Sometimes I’m drunk
Sometimes I’m stoned
Sometimes I’m tired
Of being alone
Sometimes I’m up
Sometimes I’m down
Sometimes misguided
Just hangin’ around

Every day’s another day of choices
One more chance to grab what you can get
Nobody wants to hear if you’re dishearted
Or you’re walking…on a wire…without a net

Sometimes I’m bad
Sometimes I’m good
Sometimes I don’t
Even if I should
Sometimes I’m right
Sometimes I’m wrong
Sometimes the music
Ain’t the right song

My picture puzzle’s missing pieces
Kept on my mantle yesterday
You help me find another vision
And throw my…broken puzzles…away

Sometimes I’m up
Sometimes I’m down
Always I’m lucky
That you’re still around


Scheme xaxxBCxd efaf xgagxhxh eixi BCxd
Poetic Form
Metre 0111 0111 01110 11001 0111 0111 01010 1101 10010101110 111111111 1111111 111010100101 0111 0111 0111 10111 0111 0111 01010 1011 110101010 1111010 111101010 011101001 0111 0111 1110 11101
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 731
Words 124
Sentences 1
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 8, 4, 8, 4, 4
Lines Amount 28
Letters per line (avg) 19
Words per line (avg) 4
Letters per stanza (avg) 107
Words per stanza (avg) 22

About this poem

Haven’t written in a while. This is a song that’s been lingering in my head for a few years. Got pissed at that I’ve neglected writing for a couple of years, sat down with guitar, and this poured out. I apologize to the purists out there that don’t appreciate my rhythmical style, but I’m a songwriter type. Bernie Taupin is my hero. It’s very simple and unpolished. I understand if you feel the same.

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Written on September 18, 2023

Submitted by GregLanier on September 20, 2023

Modified by GregLanier on October 30, 2023

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2 Comments
  • ZachMistry
    Yeah, it's bloody brilliant.
    LikeReply7 months ago
  • myway6119
    320 views and no comments?
    I thought it was bloody good.
    LikeReply7 months ago
    • GregLanier
      Thank you. Most of my other stuff is probably way too cerebral. This just sort of flowed out in a 15 minute setting. I was concerned that it was a lazy effort, but the few comments I’ve received seem positive, so maybe I should just let flow instead of agonizing over the right word for a year. Thanks again. 
      LikeReply7 months ago

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