You Were Right (Built to Spill song)

"You Were Right" is a song by American indie rock band Built to Spill, from the 1999 album Keep It Like a Secret.

Theme

Throughout the song, singer Doug Martsch quotes lyrics from classic rock songs. It begins with the chorus "You were wrong/When you said/Everything's gonna be alright", quoting the Bob Marley & The Wailers song "No Woman, No Cry". Throughout the verses, Martsch quotes lyrics with more pessimistic outlooks on life, prefacing them with "You were right when you said..."

The lyrics quoted in the song are:

• "Everything's gonna be alright", from the Bob Marley & The Wailers song "No Woman, No Cry" off of the 1974 album Natty Dread
• "All that glitters isn't gold", from the Neil Young song "Don't Be Denied" off of the 1973 album Time Fades Away
• "All we are is dust in the wind", from the Kansas song "Dust in the Wind" off of the 1977 album Point of Know Return
• "We're all just bricks in the wall", from the Pink Floyd song "Another Brick in the Wall" off of the 1979 album The Wall
• "Manic depression's a frustrating mess", from the The Jimi Hendrix Experience song "Manic Depression" off of the 1967 album Are You Experienced
• "You can't always get what you want", from The Rolling Stones song "You Can't Always Get What You Want" off of the 1969 album Let It Bleed
• "It's a hard rain's gonna fall", from the Bob Dylan song "A Hard Rain's a-Gonna Fall" off of the 1963 album The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan
• "We're still running against the wind", from the Bob Seger song "Against the Wind" off of the 1979 album Against the Wind
• "Life goes on after the thrill of living is gone", from the John Mellencamp song "Jack and Diane" off of the 1982 album American Fool
• "This is the end", from The Doors song "The End" off of the 1967 album The Doors

The song was featured in an episode of the HBO series Six Feet Under.

External links

• Song review on Allmusic
• Full lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics