How You Remind Me

Lyrics meaning of How You Remind Me by Nickelback

The song's opening four lyrics were jotted down in lead singer Chad Kroeger's black book of notes. He once got into a fight at their Vancouver flat with his then-girlfriend. In the hopes that she would understand how unhappy he was, he went to the basement, turned on his recording microphone, and began to improvise and sing the song loudly. She told him that sounded amazing instead. "Somewhere between 45 minutes and an hour, I had the whole thing fleshed out: lyrics, melody, chords, the whole nine yards," he stated.

Often regarded as the trademark song of Nickelback, "How You Remind Me" peaked at number one on the US Billboard Hot 100 and was the most played song on US radio during the 2000s.

How You Remind Me lyrics by Nickelback

Never made it as a wise man

I couldn't cut it as a poor man stealing

Tired of livin' like a blind man

I'm sick of sight without a sense of feeling

And this is how you remind me

This is how you remind me of what I really am

This is how you remind me of what I really am

It's not like you to say sorry

I was waitin' on a different story

This time I'm mistaken

For handing you a heart worth breakin'

And I've been wrong, I've been down

Been to the bottom of every bottle

These five words in my head

Scream, "Are we havin' fun yet?"

Yet, yet, yet, no, no

Yet, yet, yet, no, no

It's not like you didn't know that

I said, "I love you," and I swear I still do

And it must have been so bad

'Cause livin' with me must have damn near killed you

And this is how you remind me of what I really am

This is how you remind me of what I really am

It's not like you to say sorry

I was waitin' on a different story

This time I'm mistaken

For handing you a heart worth breakin'

And I've been wrong, I've been down

Been to the bottom of every bottle

These five words in my head

Scream, "Are we havin' fun yet?"

Yet, yet, yet, no, no

Yet, yet, yet, no, no

Yet, yet, yet, no, no

Yet, yet, yet, no, no

Never made it as a wise man

I couldn't cut it as a poor man stealin'

And this is how you remind me

This is how you remind me

This is how you remind me of what I really am

This is how you remind me of what I really am

It's not like you to say sorry

I was waitin' on a different story

This time I'm mistaken

For handing you a heart worth breakin'

And I've been wrong, I've been down

Been to the bottom of every bottle

These five words in my head

Scream, "Are we havin' fun yet?"

Yet, yet, are we havin' fun yet?

Yet, yet, are we havin' fun yet?

Yeah, yeah (These five words in my head scream)

Are we havin' fun yet?

Yeah, yeah (These five words in my head)

No, no