It provided little relief. Instead, the songs forced Westerberg to own up to the fact that he was fed up with nearly everything in his life. It had started with “Rock ’n’ Roll Ghost.” “That song was the beginning of me starting to think, What am I doing? I still don’t know. Am I happy?” More and more the answer was no. He was unsatisfied with himself, the band, and his marriage: “It frightened me to think that this was my lot in life.”
