1, 2, Ready? Go!
The driving motivation from when you first wake up
is not the same motivation from when you doze off
And I've been trying to run away from all of my fears
but my left leg's completely asleep, and I'm completely in tears
because if I smoked weed for every time I've been happy in the past week or so
I'd still be the straight edge man you've learned to know
and I've been thinking about this idea where every one is dead
and I'm just imagining you all in my weirdly shaped head
and if for some odd reason that thought were actually true
then the God upstairs would have some explaining to do
but it's probably not true and I just need some sleep
but how can you sleep when all your thoughts are thought like me?
and I've been thinking of better words to speak out of my mouth
in the shower with hot water starting north and heading south
I've come to realize that when I actually talk to you
I say the ugly truth and that's just not something I should do
because if I smoked weed for every time I've been happy in the past week or so
I'd still be the straight edge man you've learned to know
there's something in my way 'cuz I tend to misbehave
and if anything gets in my way
I'm still not goin' out today
I'm going off the road
in a haze of smoke
is this real life or just inside my head?
is this the source of light hollywood seems to like?
this can't be the end
'cuz I don't wanna be dead
this ride is bound to hell
dead or alive it's a prison cell
living's high on demand
and I've run out of souls to sell
we're all just snobs
throw away your fake gods
you think we're all at evens
but honestly we're all at odds
I'm going off the road
in a haze of smoke
is this real life or just inside my head?
is this the source of light hollywood seems to like?
this can't be the end
'cuz I don't wanna be dead
I'm going off the road
in a haze of smoke
is this real life or just inside my head?
is this the source of light hollywood seems to like?
this can't be the end
'cuz I don't wanna be dead
I'm running away from all responsibility
I'm goin back to the days, i'm goin back to the days
I know so many people, got over 200 facebook friends
and I don't think that I would mind if I never saw any of them again
I'm going back to the days that nothing really mattered
I'm going back to the days where I would choose the latter
of going outside and doing something productive
and staying in bed, and not caring about anything
I guess I never really thought...
I guess I never really thought...
I guess I never really thought...
I guess I never really thought at all
I'm going back to the days that nothing really mattered
I'm going back to the days where I would choose the latter
of going outside and doing something productive
and staying in bed, and not caring about anything
I put a copy of Stuart Little 2 in my DVD player
turned off all the lights in my room
and I got super high
then I thought about all the people in my life
and how I wish I never had to say goodbye
but it all brushed through my head
because I was super high
all of the moments and the memories we shared
I have forgotten because I do not really care
and all of the people that were important in my life
they're now dead, like my friends, my cat, and my ex-wife
and all of the folks, well I forgot what they said
because there's smoke all around me and my eyes are bloodshot red
to be or not to be?
I think that was said by Bill Murray
or someone, I can't remember a thing
but it doesn't matter, because I believe that I am truly nothing
and I've spent all my money on these drugs
that I don't even have enough to buy a gun
is this it? maybe when I perish I'll truly be someone
all of the moments and the memories we shared
I have forgotten because I do not really care
and all of the people that were important in my life
they're now dead, like my friends, my cat, and my ex-wife
and all of the folks, well I forgot what they said
because there's smoke all around me and my eyes are bloodshot red
follow my footsteps everyday
follow my footsteps every way
whether you think it's right to do or say
just follow my footsteps everyday
somewhere between my body and the wall there is something strange
it's like a ghost it's unseen and obscene and it's calling my name
maybe there is something wrong with my brain
I can't explain
you followed my footsteps everyday
you followed my footsteps every way
whether you thought it was right to do or say
you followed my footsteps every day
somewhere between my body and the wall there is something strange
it's like a ghost it's unseen and obscene and it's calling my name
maybe there is something wrong with my brain
I can't explain
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This is a collection of songs performed live on Loud and Obnoxious with Chris Burk. The original performance was 2/20/2016
credits
released March 11, 2016
Lyrics by Matthew McFarland & Scott Krause
Music by American Basswood
Matthew McFarland - Rhythm Guitar & Vocals
Jon Self - Lead Guitar
Scott Krause - Double Bass
Matthew Sullivan - Drums
Chris Burk - Interviewer
Boston band featuring members of Have Heart and Basement take their earnest, motivational post-hardcore to thrilling new heights. Bandcamp New & Notable Aug 23, 2023