The Sporting Life by The Decemberists
The Sporting Life by The Decemberists

The Sporting Life

The Decemberists * Track #4 On Picaresque

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The Sporting Life by The Decemberists

Release Date
Tue Mar 22 2005
Performed by
The Decemberists
Produced by
The Decemberists & Chris Walla
Writed by
Colin Meloy
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This song is about someone (probably Meloy himself) who is trying desperately to live up to expectations, specifically in sports. However, the protagonist is quite unsuited for the sporting life and faces humiliation and rejection from his teammates, friends, and family.

The Sporting Life Lyrics

I fell on the playing field
The work of an errant heel
The din of the crowd and the loud commotion
Went deafening silence and stopped emotion
The season was almost done
We managed it 12 to 1
So far I had known no humiliation
In front of my friends and close relations

There's my father looking on
And there's my girlfriend arm in arm
With the captain of the other team
And all of this is clear to me
They condescend and fix on me a frown
How they love the sporting life

And father had had such hopes
For a son who would take the ropes
And fulfill all his old athletic aspirations
But apparently now there's some complications
But while I am lying here
Trying to fight the tears
I'll prove to the crowd that I come out stronger
Though I think I might lie here a little longer

There's my coach he's looking down
The disappointment in his knitted brow
"I should've known"
He thinks again
"I never should have put him in"
He turns and loads the lemonade away
And breathes in deep
The sporting life
The sporting life
The sporting life
How he loves...

There's my father looking on
And there's my girlfriend arm in arm
With the captain of the other team
And all of this is clear to me
They condescend and fix on me a frown
How they love the sporting life

The sporting life
The sporting life
The sporting life
How they love

The Sporting Life Q&A

Who wrote The Sporting Life's ?

The Sporting Life was written by Colin Meloy.

Who produced The Sporting Life's ?

The Sporting Life was produced by The Decemberists & Chris Walla.

When did The Decemberists release The Sporting Life?

The Decemberists released The Sporting Life on Tue Mar 22 2005.

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