Fine Again-Seether

Fine Again by Seether is a song about a man struggling to find any meaning in his life and being isolated because of it. The song starts with the words "It seems like everydays the same and I am left to my own. It seems like everything is grey and there's no color to behold." This encapsulates the mood of the entire song as one of melancholy. The next verse says "They say it's over, and I'm fine again, yeah." "They" think that there is nothing wrong with the narrator, while the narrator agrees only because they don't understand what the problem is. "Try to stay sober feels like I'm dying, yeah." Further communicates his struggles and inability to cope unless he has a vice. The chorus then follows. "And I am aware now how everything is gonna be fine, one day too late I'm in Hell. I am prepared now seems everything's gonna be fine, one day too late just as well." The chorus is entirely about how hopeless the man feels, that even if things did get better, it would be too late, he's already been damaged and broken by his past. "I feel a dream in me expire and there's no one left to blame it on." This line relates how depressed and lonely the man feels. His dreams are dead and it can only be his own fault. In the past he blamed others for his problems and drove them away, exacerbating his solitude. "I hear you label me a liar, cuz I can't seem to get this through." People are so unwilling to believe that there might be something that they think its more plausible that he's just lying about feeling wrong. "You say it's over, I can sigh again. Yeah." The man now speaks directly to the audience making them accountable for anytime they may have done this. Frustration grows at the total disregard of his feelings. "Why try to stay sober when I'm dying. Yeah." That frustration has hit a boiling point and the man has completely given up on staying healthy if it means he can escape his pain. Once more the chorus plays "And I am aware now how everything's going to be fine one day too late I'm in Hell. I am prepared now how everyone's gonna be fine one day too late just as well." The chorus really drives the nail in on this metaphor for despair and depression. "And I'm not scared now, I must assure you, you're never going to get away and I'm not scared no, no." This is where the man changes his perspective on his mental illness, he knows that it's inescapable so he must learn to cope with it. And he assures the audience that they will never escape either and calls to action for everybody prepare. One more repetition of the first half of the chorus "I am aware now how everything's going to be fine one day, too late I'm in hell. And I am prepared now how everyone's going to be fine, for me, for me, for myself. For me, for me, for myself. For me, for me, for myself." The second half has changed however. Now he embraces that if things will ever get better, he must change for himself and nobody else. "And I am prepared now for myself. I am prepared now, and I am fine again." Finally the man has prepared for his struggles, and while it may be too late, he is at last fine again.

This song has both obvious and subtle meanings within the text, from things like depression makes the world grey, to fix yourself for yourself because you deserve it. This song has been an inspiration to me through several hard times in my life and I hope it will help others as well.