my alcoholic friends || dresden dolls lyrics 

idk who walten is or what hes filing but this song smacks

I always heard “once my sister is in the cupboard” and thought that it was a very accurate representation of siblings

This song has a main dish of blaming everything on yourself, a side dish on people blaming things on you and guilt tripping you. With a sauce of being the burnt out mom friend in a toxic fruend group

This itches my brain perfectly

“Six is not a pretty number” Me, Sixx:

I agree, 8 is simply superior

This song’s line about numbers being better really helped me notice my body dismorphia so that I was able to help myself. This was the most helpful songs in my entire life.❤❤❤

EVERYTHING IS SIMPLY A SHAPE A FORM AN IDENTIFIER TO LET OTHERS RECOGNISE ME AS ME BUT THEN,, WHAT AM I? IS THIS ME? MY TRUE SELF? MY FAKE SELF? *WHAT IS IT THAT I AM* -Shinji Ikari [edit:BRO WHY DID I DO THAT]

everyone's saying that this fits with alll fandoms, but try to fix it into sonic, I dare you.

why does this legitimately sound like eda the owl lady ‼️‼️😧😧

I used to cry to this song a while ago, blasting it in my room with the door shut or falling asleep, im kinda happier recently and i was playing a song guessing game with my dad where he plays my recommended songs, within the first songs i shouted out "MY ALCOHOLIC FRIENDS BY THE DRESDEN DOLLS" and he was like "you got that fast" and i said "yeah i used to love this" and my mum said to me "yeah i used to hear you playing this in your room when you were listening to all your music" which made me remember everything and damn, i wonder how many times i played it for her to realise a specific song

I’m imagining singing this while my comfort characters cheer for me.

"6 is not a pretty number, 8, or 3, are definitely better" refers to the BAC and how drunk you are, with 0.6 being impaired, 0.3 being sober and 0.8 being completely drunk. They're saying that they'd rather be completely sober or completely drunk rather than in-between.

everything is simply a shape, a form, an identifier

"Everything is simple a shape, a form, an identifier to let others recognize me as me! But then what am I? Is this me? My true self, my fake self? What is it that I am? NOBODY UNDERSTANDS ME!"

2:01 I like this part

01:17 trying hard not to be ashamed damm that hit close to home.(Vent)so my mother has a mental illness and I’m trying to rebuild our Family at the same time i try not to be ashamed from my Family my mother traumatized me I’m trying so hard but still nothing changes i started cu*** my self to cope with it. I fell ashamed that im doing it thank you for you’re time. :) sorry English isn’t my first Language

This is perfect for writing a Larry ficm lmao

Into my playlist

hooray, a new hyperfixation

walten when he files idk never seen it

Am I the only one who thinks there is a line inspired by that song "Everybody wants to rule the world" It said: "Acting on your best behaviour Turning back on mother nature" And here we got: "I'll be on my best behaviour Taking shots for mother nature" Too similar for me

1,2,3,4!! Should I choose a noble occupation? If I did I'd only show up late and sick. And they would stare at me with hatred. Plus my only natural talent's wasted On my alcoholic friends. My alcoholic friends. The party never ends. My alcoholic friends.

as a young alcoholic i can say that I love this song

When Felicia picks up the phone or something

this reminds me of the promised neverland or fnaf or sally face, this fits so many fandoms omg

I like when she slightly breaks character and uses an American accent for”I’ll be the first one to find it”

Gives lupin bar bsd vibes

THE SHINNIES ARE HERE

got here from a ddlc edit i found on tiktok and i dont regret it

This gives me Queen vibes...

This song took a while for me to like. The first few times I could barely make it through, but now I’m poorly singing it and want to make a folk punk cover on my resonator guitar

I got a bud-light advertisement on this, I think RU-vid wants me to be one of the alcoholic friends 😰

This song is like a cake for fandoms, they all take slices and claim that slice for themself

I like the voice. You can’t tell if it’s masculine or feminine

“Six is not a pretty number” Me: *immediately relates entire song with Little Nightmares*

Fun fact: The line "Cause 6 is not a pretty number, 8 or 3 are definitely better" is in reference to blood alcohol levels. 0.3 is sober, 0.8 is drunk and 0.6 is tipsy.

so tempted to make a fanfic based on the lyrics of this song update; its in preparation now! and im calling it phantasmic blues

Six has always been my favorite number, I will not accept six slander

This song sounds like failing all your tests, being ghosted by online friends, coming home from school when it's already dark out, returning to your old bad habits, dissociating in class, walking around with dead leaves stuck in your shoelaces, realizing how lonely you actually are, drinking caffeine again after quitting for a long time, not sleeping enough, wearing an all black outfit every day again, spending your lunch break alone, spending too much time daydreaming and reconsuming your comfort media for the one hundredth time while being scared you'll grow tired of it eventually or maybe that's just my personal flavor of mental illness

*felix drives off road cutely*

if i ever drive off a cliff im going to play this while i do it

Everything is simply a shape, a form, an identifier to let others recognize me as me! But then...what am I? Is this my true self? My fake self? What is it that I am? Nobody understands me!

I have a crush on this song.

Everyone talking about finding this through the walten files while I'm here finding it through a South Park speedpaint 😳

1:35 reminded me of that one line in "Everybody Wants to Rule the World"

2:06 feels so relatable when you have grown up with toxic friends resembling the “alcoholic friends” and what ever you do to try and make them like you they see it as you are trying to be better than them. Or in the phrase “the party never ends” at least for me resembles that no matter what friends you will have they will always be the same and you will have to go through the same thing .a never ending one in this case.

I don’t know what the fawk a walten file is but this song slaps. Came here for soul eater

when walten does some filing

“I’ll be on my best behavior Taking shots for Mother Nature” I think it’s a reference to an older song “Everybody wants to rule the world “Acting on your best behavior Turn your back on Mother Nature”

2:05 “Everything is simply a shape, a form, an identifier to let others recognize me as me! But then, what am I? Is this me? My true self? My fake self? What is it that I am?!” “ *NOBODY UNDERSTANDS ME!!!* ” “What are you?! Stupid?! Of course nobody is gonna understand you!” -Shinji Ikari and Asuka Soryu, Neon Genesis Evangelion

"Thanks Felix, you're a life-saver!" -Jack Walten's last words before he never saw his children ever again

this song is just a vibe...

(lyrics for whoever needs them) I'm counting back The number of the steps It took for me to get Back on the wagon of the weekend I'll use the auto-timer to prove that I'll Get home with my imagination If they find the body in the basement "In the very house that she was raised in" I'm taking down The number of the Times So when we get the sign From God I'll be the first to call them I'm taking back the number of the beast 'Cause six is not a pretty number Eight or three are definitely better A is for the address on the letter To my alcoholic friends I'm trying hard Not to be ashamed Not to know the name Of who is waking up beside me Or the date, the season or the city But at least the ceiling's very pretty And if you are holding it against me I'll be on my best behavior Taking shots for mother nature Once my fist is in the cupboard Love is never falling over (Hey) Should I choose a noble occupation? If I did I'd only show up late and sick And they would stare at me with hatred Plus my only natural talent's wasted on my alcoholic friends My alcoholic friends The party never ends My alcoholic friends

It’s amazing how songs speak to people like how this song speaks to me or my friends but what’s more amazing is how you see the song in general

i love this song. it feels like that one feeling you get when yiu try to pretend everything is okay and your not actually dying inside and that everyone's nice and cares about you and you have many friends and try to cover everything up with positivity and fake smiles. fake it till you make it am i right? (^w^)

This song seriously takes me back when I was at my lowest. A couple months ago I was empty, getting only an hour of sleep due to staying up all night hearing my parents fight and getting ready to go in to help my mom incase things got physical, never washing my makeup, bags under my eyes, low grades, not being able to focus in class, getting left out of my friend group, running away from home and go back a couple hours later cause I was worried about not knowing where to go cause I had no connections and no one to go to, crying all the time, having panic attacks in school and hiding in the school restrooms, wearing the same dirty ass shoes I never washed, failing everything losing an unhealthy amount of weight and I'm only 14. It's crazy how much meeting a person could change me entirely.

Everyone's talking about fandoms, meanwhile I'm just standing here, wondering if anybody else noticed the referance to "Everybody wants to rule the World" in the bridge

the way the piano sounds, the voice .. it feels like trying to live while u try to repress all your anger, it's just so aggressive and raw.. i love it

I’m making a list of what fandom people relate this song to so far I have •Little nightmares (specifically “six is not my favourite number”) •Camp Camp •Walten files: Felix •Dream SMP: Tubbo, Tommy and Quackity (for Quackity its specifically because of his storyline with Schlatt) •Shinji Ikari kins •Bungo stray dogs •Wings of Fire: Peril •Sk♾ the infinity •Five nights at Freddy’s/fnaf: Micheal, Fritz and Jeremy aka the night guards and the dead children (specifically “if they find the body in the basement”) •Doki Doki Literature club: Monika •Genshin Impact: The traveler aka Aether or Lumine (specifically “all my natural talents are wasted”) and Nahida aka lesser lord Kusanali (specifically “cause six (herself) is not a pretty number, eight or three (the other archons and greater lore Rhukkatavata) are definitely better.” and “I’ll be on my best behaviour taking shots for Mother Nature” these lyrics relate to her trying to show her people the same comfort the Greater Lord did but them not caring for her in the slightest) (damn Genshin impact lore got really deep woah) And finally the character Chide/Tartiglia I’m feeling brave so I’m gonna try to put this request’s explanation into a nutshell so someone pls tell me if ive fucked up at any point! Anyways the lyrics “natural talent” refers to Chide only valuing himself as a being a soldier for Tsaritsa, he had a dysfunctional childhood which lead to him becoming an unstable adult and the lyrics “and if you are holding it against me” and “they would stare at me with hatred” are vocalising his anxiety of what his siblings would think of his career if they knew about it the line “should I choose a noble occupation” further expressing this fear while also showing his relationship with the Fatui, the “alcoholic friends” mentioned in the song could be the fatui themselves •Omori: Sunny •Helluva Boss: Blitzø and Barbie Wire •Fruit Baskets: Kyo Sohma (specifically “I’m taking back the number of the beast”) •Attack On Titans •Undertale: Flowey and Sans (specifically fanon Sans) •Encanto (specifically “cause six/Bruno is not a pretty number eight/Julietta or three/Pepa are definitely better) •Deltarune: Kris •Southpark •Bojack Horseman (wow how tf was this not on the list earlier) •Demon Slayer: Suma, Genya and Akaza •Call Of Duty Zombies: Ultimis Richtofen •Marble Hornets •Sally Face •Danganrompa v2: Goodbye Despair: Hajime Hinata, Akane Owari (danganrompa characters have really depressing backstories woah.) •Unbrella Academy •Creepypasta: Ticci Toby •Moral Orel: Clay Puppington, Reverend Putty •Doctor Stone •Asagiri Gen •Vampire in the garden: Fine •Harry Potter/Maruaders: Peter Pettigrew and Sirius Black (I have a friend who would get soo mad at me for calling the Maruaders Harry Potter..) •Toilet bound Hanako Kun/tbhk: Hanako and Teru •Rick and Morty: Rick •Mandela Catalogue: Thatcher Davis •Your Turn to Die: Sara Chidouin •Scum Villain’s Self Saving System: Shen Jiu and Shen Qingqiu (specifically “should I choose a noble occupation, if I did I’ll only show up late and sick”) •Panty and Stocking: Panty (specifically “I’m trying hard not to know the name of who is waking up beside me”) •Team Fortress 2: Demoman •Buggaloo (edit: I think,,, I think the person who said this one was making a joke,, still keeping it just incase but I feel so stupid 😭) •Roomates: Nathan •Eddsworld: Tord and Tom •Cookie Run Kingdom: Vampire Cookie (dude’s literally an alcoholic) •Don’t Hug Me I’m Scared/DHMIS: Lesley (for me at least) •We Need To Talk About Kevin: Eva •D20 Neverafter: Gerard and Pinocchio (specifically “taking back the number of the beast” for Pinoke “the beast” referring to stepmother, and now I think about the kid is probably an alcoholic) •The Stanley Parable: I cant explain why but this song is just so Narrator •The Promised Neverland: Ray (specifically “Plus, and they, would stare at me with hatred”) •Moominvalley: It feels incredibly strange adding such a wholesome series to this list but .snufkin, maybe even mymble considering it’s implied she slept around when she was younger •Muppet Zoot (not a tv show!! bros a person also their lyrics are anything before and after “I’m trying hard not to be ashamed”) •Total Drama: Sierra (specifically “if they find the body in the basement”) If you have any from your fandom pls tell me and it will be listed Edit: I’m surprised this list got so long I’m honestly impressed Edit 2: if you have an idea but are two afraid to comment because this comment is super old pls know I’ve been consistently updating for about a year now

I don't know what the song is about but it gives me the vibes of someone slowly going crazy, because of the people who they are friends with/the people that surround them

Hello lgbtq community

this song feels like sleep deprivation

I love this song just disaponted that the singer is transphobic and homophobic

this lowkey describes dazai from bsd 👀

Please please if you wanna listen dresend dolls listen to RU-vid lyric videos like this one so you don’t support them (the singer has said the n word before and has done more bad things)

at 1:37 when she said, "I'll be on my best behavior, taking shots from mother nature", it reminded me of 'Everybody Wants to Rule the World' whenever they said "I'll be on my best behavior, turn your back on mother nature". AND the author sang the rhythm very similarly to how 'Everybody Wants to Rule the World' did too. 👀👀👀 Any body get me?? maybe the artist did this on purpose to send a deeper message?? .. idk, I just really freaked out whenever I had this realization and I had to send it out to people to see if they can catch the same thing.

why in gods name is this the most relatable song I've ever heard?

This song is oddly specific, Depression, Dissociation, hatred for yourself and others, untold trauma, religious trauma, shutting yourself up so you wont upset someone only for them to see you as weird or rude, you want to be worth something great. Its very relatable

Shoutout to all the people who searched ”I’m taking back the number of the beast” instead of my alcoholic friends

this song feels like when you're freinds and family have pissed you off or upset you for the last time

"should I choose a noble occupation, if I did I'd only show up late and sick, and they would stare at me with hatred. plus my only natural talent's wasted" i feel it

Classic piano riff in the background 1:34

I didn't know the Walton files fans claimed this song now I gotta learn it sorry I'm late 😰 Edit: AGAGAGA I FINALY LEARNED IT IT ONLY TOOK ME A DAY WOOOO

1:35 that reference to Everybody Wants To Rule The World (Tears For Fears) caught me off guard! :D

this song sounds like stress, anger, PTSD, and depression all in one.

POV: your losing motivation to do homework and you are struggling to keep your grades up and all you can do is listen to music and pretend everything is ok

2:05 why does this part give me dazai vibes so much.. like it's describing his now and past state pretty good "should I choose a noble occupation?" should he haven't been in the port mafia? maybe he shouldn't have gone with mori "if i did i'd only show up late and sick. and they would stare at me with hatred" he most days goes to the agency late or sometimes never. it probably annoys everyone (especially kunikida ig) also he probably thinks agency members don't like him so much (but dw, in fact they care about him. especially kunikida. he calls him in the morning every single day to be sure he's alive or ate something. and in one of the novels they said they don't let dazai die. even tho they don't show, everyone loves him) "plus my only natural talent's wasted on my alcoholic friends" he's a literal genius yk. he was one of the important members in the mafia. he has lots of useful features (such as being able to control his heart etc.) despite that, he left there just bc of his best friend wanted that. (sorry if there's any gramer mistakes. english isn't my first language :3) and if you wonder, name of the anime is "bungo stray dogs"

-“maybe you’re so afraid that everyone will reject you, that you push them away first” -“i dont like being mean all the time. its kind of become this habit of mine. do you think that its fun being the one that everyone hates? look at me! i dont even have any hair!” from harold and heather from total drama island. idk if anyone else did this but i really related to heather in that scene (other than having no hair) that i just HAD to put it here since i found this song through an edit of her

At 1:57 I hit my knee exactly when the background person said ”hey!”

am i the only one here cause of bsd?

"Im trying hard,not to be ashamed" hit me harder then a bullet

The fact that the name of my toxic friend starts with A, they’re an alcoholic and my last and worst depressive episode was 6 months long makes this song resonate extra hard

2:03 WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT? Everything is simply a shape, a form, an identifier to let others recognize me as me. But then, what am I? Is this me? My true self? My fake self? What is it that I am? NOBODY UNDERSTANDS ME

I just wanna say thank you, I know this comment may never be seen. But still, thank you for introducing me to the Dresden Dolls. It got me through a lot, hell it even through a mental hospital! Music is so much In my life, and a lot of others. So thank you cosmicity.

I’m so disappointed that Amanda Palmer had anything to do with this

This music reminds me of Dazai Osamu. The lyrics, the instrumental, the voice singing, everything resembles him

as an art student this song made me feel bittersweet

"6 is not a pretty number, 8, or 3, are definitely better" refers to the BAC and how drunk you are, with 0.6 being impaired, 0.3 being sober and 0.8 being completely drunk. They're saying that they'd rather be completely sober or completely drunk rather than in-between.

This is Death The Kid's song specifically 0:42

⚠️ Uh so this turned into a vent so ⚠️ This song feels like getting off the school bus and walking through the hallway while everyone laughs and has fun. Sitting in class with your toxic classmates. Leaving class and going past your bus to pet the stray cat then running back to the bus. Getting off the bus again and walking up the tiny hill to your apartment building. Avoiding your manipulative, gaslighting, toxic parents and barely eating or drinking because you just can't. Putting on your earphones and laying in bed and daydreaming about being with your comfort characters for the rest of the day, reading hurt/comfort fanfics and pretending they're talking to me. Ignoring when you parents yell at you and trying your best to hide your emotions so they don't yell at you for crying. The next day, you remember you have a test. You go to school, do the test, hide your tears, finish, fail, not give a shit anymore. Going back home, feeding your cat, petting him for a while, then crying when you make sure your parents won't come here for a while. Not being able to sleep, sobbing at 2 AM, waking up, looking at the mirror, looking the dark circles under your eyes, looking at how they're darker than yesterday and before that. Feeling that emptiness in your chest, how cold it is, it's from the fan, it's from the fan, I like being alone, I don't need friends. Hug yourself at night, it's fine, it's not fine, I hate this. Mom said I looked like more like a homeless person than a girl today, don't cry, you're pathetic, I said don't cry. She told me to clean up even though I told her that it's hard to get up, she ended up yelling at me for being lazy. Stop being dramatic, people have it worse than you do, your old friends already forgot about you, accept it. You only have one friend, she texts you, you text her, she doesn't text you that much, you text her all the time, she loves you, you love her, she's not answering, it's cold, cry about it, it's empty, cry about it, wait, wait more, she answers, you feel warm for the first time in 3 days, you have a long conversation with her about an anime and make theories, you forget all your problems, you're both laughing. She's busy, she has to leave, remember all your problems, it's cold, it's empty, cry about it, know that she won't answer for a few more days. Don't blame her, she has her life together, she's fine, she doesn't have manipulative, gaslighting, toxic parents, don't be jealous, she can decorate her room with pictures of her comfort characters, don't get jealous, she can sleep at night, don't get jealous. You can't sleep, just sleep, just close your eyes, no, the dark figures are still there, watch out, stay awake, keep your legs under your blanket, it's too hot, I can't breathe properly, I didn't drink enough water, keep your legs under the blanket, don't remove the blanket, don't turn your back to the dark figures, don't fall asleep, just play your comfort playlist, i don't feel like music, just play it, ok. Look in the mirror, I look horrible, get ready for school, I'm tired, you have PE first period, think of an excuse, I'm tired, don't cry in front of the teacher, you idiot, stop crying. Atleast I got to not attend. Next period, take notes, don't get frustrated because she erased the board too fast, it's fine, keep your handwriting normal, keep up, don't get frustrated, don't cry, hide your tears. No one knows, it's better this way, go home, daydream, face reality, I can't, they're not real, shut up, cry. Wake up, spend a while trying to get up, look in the mirror, get ready for school, go to school, cry, go home, no one knows, daydream, drink water, eat dinner, not with them, daydream, go to sleep, I can't go to sleep, try, I can't, watch the sunrise while petting your cat. You cat is your only emotional support you have when your friend doesn't answer, get a notification, quick, check who it is, it's my dad, cold, empty, cry, wait, wait, wait, she answers, don't complain, have a conversation, she leaves again, cold, empty, cry.

shinji moment jks i just love this song

this song sounds like the world is being colourless again, the sudden urge to be drunk in the middle of the day, intrusive thoughts, not eating all day or just wishing u didn’t, headphones turned to full volume, not responding to ur friends,…

who the hell is walten and what is he filling

I've found this through... A million ways. From Amanda Palmer's personal projects, from Evelyn Evelyn, from The Walten Files, from a random fucking RU-vid mix, I think it's haunting me.

This song reminds me of sarcastically laughing at my own pain because crying is getting old

Im taking back she her pronouns cause they them are definitely better

When I was 9 i had to help my dad get home because He was too drunk to do it himself And Man does this song gives that feeling of growing up around people who abuse alcohol and actually Just getting used to their bs And kinda knowing they will never change

Came from my fyp being flooded by Shinnie content 😢😢😢😱😱😱

This song can work for so many fandoms and it's also a vibe so like an epic song right here-