Sometimes

'Sometimes' by Garbage is an alternative track from the album 'Strange Little Birds' (2016). The lyrics sketch a volatile cycle of self-protection and self-blame, swinging between wanting pain, forgiveness, and even destruction. The narrator describes getting knocked down and choosing to get up, then settling on resentment regardless of who is to blame, as the refrain of uncertainty continues with thoughts of not liking what they feel. The overall tone is combative and bruised, like survival dressed up as defiance. One telling line is “I learn more when I am bleeding”.