By the time you truly relate to this song its too late. Your heartbroken...

This band got me through college, and art school, and now they are getting me through the real world.

I was a really bad alcoholic and my GF at the time played this for me. It's didn't get me clean, at that point, but It haunted me. It still haunts me. I am sober 2 years. We have moved on to other relationships, but I will always think about her when I hear this song.

I Kiss The Bottle, I Shoulda Been Kissing You. The best thing about Blake is his ability to write lyrics so many people can relate to, in such a deep way.

I love that I'll be a 75 year old grandpa blaring this one day and loving every second of it. Pushing 50 now!

Blake Schwartzenbach's delivery on this song is absolutely perfect. As raw as everything he's describing. Timeless song, one of my favourites.

32 year old "retired" punk still listening to this song after first hearing it 15 years ago, it just gets better with age.

I’ve been listening to the Lucero cover of this song for years and never knew it was an original Jawbreaker song until now. I’m glad I found this.

one of the greatest songs ever , and covered by so many bands because its that great , song writing at its finest

This hits alot closer to home than I´d care to admit sober.

My wife and I, we are in separation because of my drinking problem. There are days when this song almost make my cry. She is my best friend and I miss her dearly.

Jawbreaker were a great band, a totally unique mix of punk rock hardness and Springsteen/Tom Waits style slice-of-life weariness. And nobody, *NOBODY* ever had a voice quite like Blake's.

i'm overwhelmed how jawbreaker can be so influential in my life...it's really the only reason i can pull on from all this shit i've been feeling and i'm disappointed how they go unrecongnized from so heart felt lyrics

Fuck, dude. I'm sober over a year now, but this song still hits like a truck

This was the last song they recorded before Blake went in for throat surgery.

This song never gets old, timeless.

this is one the best songs ever wrote, by one of the best bands ever.

Jawbreaker is such a phenomenal group. Great, great song.

This is the greatest song of all time. No song has ever captured alcoholism like this one.

Some songs are so perfect it doesn't matter how well you try to cover them, I don't care what you do, or who you do it with, it will never be better than the original.

Love the guitar tone

it gets loneliest at night down at the liquor store beneath the neon sky our moonlight six A.M., the floor comes alive with lice the pan's dried up so tight with hardened beans we're hungry so I lean on you sometimes just to see you're still there your feet can't take the weight of one much less two we hit concrete how were we born into this mess? i know i painted you a prettier picture, baby we were run out on a rail fell from the wagon to the night train i kissed the bottle i should've been kissing you you wake up to an empty night with tears for two cigarettes, they fill the gaps in our empty days in our broken teeth we're jonesing say mister, can you spare a dime? some change could make a change could buy some time some freedom or an ear to hear my story it's all i've got my fiction beats the hell out of my truth a palm upturned burnt blue don't call it sunburn you've been shaking on the job just one drink ahead of your past there's a white light coming up you draw the blinds, hoping it'll pass i kissed the bottle i should've been kissing you you wake up to an empty night with tears for two

Lyrically, poetically and literature wise this is the most brilliant song. Blake is a poets poet.

this hubbub about "good singers" reminds me of a david byrne quote: "the better a singer's voice, the harder it is to believe what they're saying." i remember steve malkmus also saying something to that extent.

I kissed the bottle I should've been kissing you You wake up to an empty night With tears for two

I love this! I met Blake on Saturday and have been nostalgic ever since. His new band The Forgetters with the former drummer from Against Me! is very reminiscent of early Jawbreaker. This conjures such memories in me it's amazing. Jawbreaker lives in my heart!

Literally, this takes me back to my teenage yrs, & still a lot remains the same. Makes me sad....

I was listening to this when it was first released. Recorded it on cassette off the radio. We had an experimental radio station that played weird shit. I think the show was called " the soundtrack to my life" it was a hour program put on by some dj forgot his name now.

In memory of Stephen Lee Collins II.

later covered un-badly by Lucero

I have the biggest crush on Blake's voice. Oh my goodness.

this will always be one of my favorites

just found this song a week or so ago, ive been listening to it almost nonstop.... and i did it the old and normal way, reading random articles on wikipedia

The Foo Fighters' cover is a good cover, in fact it's one of the best I've heard in a while. But Blake's vocals in this are god damn beautiful. Hearing the lyrics sung through his even raspier voice than usual voice is a perfect match that the Foo Fighters couldn't match

living abroad and listening to Jawbreaker really makes me miss the bay area.

"Song later covered -- badly -- by the Foo Fighters." Lol, completely agree.

over 20 years later and this music still is relevant and osm. I wasn't even born when this album came out. I wish i could've seen the scene then

there isnt a song i dont love by this band. thank life for such music

Goosebumps. Every time. One of the best songs ever written.

i could just be really really high but the intro reminds me of mixtape by brand new. maybe its just the way its structured. alternate picking riff followed by full band half time guitar,bass,drums, then followed up with a palm muted section. again i could just be really stoned.

I LOVE 90'S RECORD

Hart as beats

no song makes me cry more consistently

One of the best bands ever!

John Yates always releasing good stuff...... Good times of ALLIED RECORDINGS

people are just too used to the clean, perfect sound every little band has now. i personally like this voice and version the best. it just sounds more real than any fall out boy song released.

Hearing this song again makes me whish I was a teenager again!

there's something about this song, the recording and how it meshes with the pure rawness of their sound blended with Blake's rough vocals that make it untouchable as far as covers are concerned. I heard the Foo's cover, and I give them props for covering it, but its just too polished. It lacks the heart of the original. Jawbreaker were in a class of their own. You can always take more from them each time you listen to them. They are so missed.

He was doing a project called forgetters, which was pretty Jawbreaker-esque. They played a lot in the northeast in 2009 and 2010 and self-released a double 7" that is awesome. You can find it on eMusic and iTunes. The bassist quit last fall after a European tour. Not sure if they've officially disbanded, but I hope not.

best song ever

I just saw this live last night. God damn.

A great song is a great song. Period. No further explanation needed. His voice will never sound like this again. Enjoy it for what it is. I am old enough to know that happiness is just a moment.

a song that knew my future before i was even born.

Been listening to this song for 20 years and I aways thought it was "just one TRICK ahead of your past" haha!

A comp. album called 'Music For The Proletariat', Allied Recordings, 1993.

thanks for posting this up, need to dig out the vinyl.

I miss covering this with my band :(

I love Lucero's version, but nothing will top the original. Pure classic.

great band, thnxxx for posting :)))

Returning to this track for the first time in months. It's been too long.

Something magical happens when you play this song at 3:30 in the morning, writing a term paper.

An all-time favourite.

his voice in this song is so freaking awesome!

under a neon sky...our moonlight

Always awesome..

Man, your story really moved me. I've lost a bunch of people lately and it's a strange feeling. As a grown up punk rocker... shit gets real.

I fucking love true DIY punk rock... and one band are pushing that ethos and a Jawbreaker-esque sound today- search up 'Prisoner' by HeadAche, you won't regret it!!

When that cord hits....

i think it's really a q of what stands the test of time. lots of great bands w 'bad' vocals / many great bands w cult followings / plenty of one-hit wonders selling millions only to be forgotten.

thought it was an instrumental...rock/punk serge...but the weak to an awesome voice..love you guys

Damn, this is good. I was alive in 1992, why didn't I hear it then.

Gives me a reason to keep goin. Dis life shit hard

Genius level...this song...thanks

haha i just started A.A. a few weeks back so I threw this song on... can't wait 'till my sobriety brings me to a point of clarity when I can make peace with the fact my addiction wasn't killing me half as much as it was killing my girlfriend... stay strong man.

this song has heal me.

Jawbreaker, Jawbox, Fugazi, Superchunck these bands started the hole emo movement! Cant forget about Screeching weasel anthem for a new tomorrow prolly my most fav album. and lets not forget FIFTEEN ? RIP Lucky : (

Happy Jawbreaker day 2013

fucked it up for myself. I miss you Jordan.

Lying in a bedsit in Croydon, London and hearing this in '98. Fucking rocked me.

Such a great song!

This song is class!!!

Best jawbreaker song.

been jonesing for this song

I picture Oscar the grouch singing this.

I think it's magical that there are people young enough to be writing term papers who are into Jawbreaker. Fist bump.

i can so relate to this song.

FUCK YES! This is like the best update to a 70s Punk I've ever heard. Ever heard of Lucid Rivers?

i love jawbreaker and i love lucero. this song is just written that well...

Yeah, I love the vocals on this song. Perfection. For some reason I like the Foo Fighters version too, however definitely not the same.

Brendan Kelly from the Lawrence arms covered this

Timeless...

No band could ever recreate the emotion of jawbreaker. Foo fighters did it for the "cred".

The best of punk rock

I kissed the bottle, when i shouldve been kissing you

love it always will

Lucero is the only one who ever did a legit cover of this song. No one else captured the soul of what this song is about.

I love everything

Plus, this song is probably better than anything on your playlist, scratch that, everything on your playlist.

Um... yes? Then again, I'm from Australia. I should add that I first heard Jawbreaker on a mix-tape some time around 1991 or 1992 -- the song was called 'Equalized', and was included on their first 7". Next thing I knew, they'd signed to Geffen and released 'Dear You'...

I love this band so fucking much, unfun is probably my favorite album by any band ever