"You Were Right" // Built to Spill

• The lyrical content is trying to express a feeling of depression and hopelessness that the singer is feeling. The singer says "You were wrong when you said, 'Everything's gonna be alright'"; this shows that for him, everything is not alright.
• The guitar is loud and distorted in the chorus to express a certain anger that he feel after wrongly being told that everything will be alright.
• Built to Spill effectively communicates the anger and depression that the singer is feeling through the combination of the angry, loud instrumentation and the depressing lyrics.