One of the more upbeat songs on Cold’s debut album, “Goodbye Cruel World” is about how lead singer Scooter Ward sees things going to heck around him but refuses to give in because hope still exists.
https://www.songfacts.com/facts/cold/goodbye-cruel-world
All my friends are taken over
To make a mess of me
All my friends are broke and ugly
And make a mess of me
Well I saw a river fall from heaven
Rain mistakes on me
I saw you mother shoot your father
Killed herself the same
All my friend have made a cyclone
To make a mess of me
All my friends haven broken silence
To make a mess of me
All my friends are taken over
To make a mess of me
All my friends are broke and ugly
And make a mess of me
Well I saw a river fall from heaven
Rain mistakes on me
I saw your mother shoot your father
Killed herself the same
Then I saw her
Then I saw her
Then I saw her
Then I saw her
(Blow it all away)
Get the gun out
Load the bullets
Shoot the fucker in his head
Goodbye Cruel World was written by Scooter Ward.
Goodbye Cruel World was produced by Ross Robinson.
Cold released Goodbye Cruel World on Tue Jun 02 1998.