This is one of the oldest songs I had written, both lyric-wise and music-wise. This version is actually very similar to the original version I had written for a would-be punk rock band I'd wanted to start in middle and high school.
lyrics
Just come right out and say it. Give it some time to calculate. Wait for the puzzled look, laugh it off. Realize how right you really were.
Tie yourself to the chair, you don't seem a bit disturbed. Wave your fists in the air, kneel down and bite the curb.
Just take it, swallow it hard; four to six hours and do it again. Just do this for a few more days, and man, you're free.
All that I remembered was the discord, and the abrupt fade to black. When the smoke restricts your lungs, you wonder where you've been; when the matchbook's in your own hands, you don't ask questions.
Track down your target, turn the key, lock in place. Push the pin in the map, notice the pattern.
Plan your strategy, teach it to your men. Make sure nothing can go wrong. Run onto the battlefield and at the count of three drop down, lay supine.
You feed the fire with your arms of coal; dig the debt deeper by buying your life. You paint your self-portrait with crippled hands. Tape your own mouth shut.
When the sweat beads down your forehead push yourself that much further. When you trip and sprain your ankles, push yourself a little more. When you slip and find no foot-hold, use your hands until they bleed. When you collapse, plant your face in the mud, make sure you made an impact.
Tell yourself not to worry, tell yourself not to care. Bring yourself up to think that you feel fine. Give away all the things you don't need, give away all the things that you do. Look above you for help with what you can't do on your own.
I'm sitting back watching it all. I'm rolling back and forth pounding the floor.
Garrett has a really great sense of melody; I very often find myself thinking I would have chosen the exact same chords for his songs, or am jealous I didn't think of them first. Pete Davis
Nick Steinborn, guitarist of the Wonder Years, has lots of recording experience. He also has lots of great ideas and a loop pedal. He's also a friend of mine. He'd be my first pick for dream band. Pete Davis
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