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I Am Nobody
04:32
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I never feared anything at all
Not death or being poor
Except accepting a life
Where I am nothing more
Than the place where I grew up
Where people talk but they don't know
And of facing the real world
With nothing real to show
Nothing real to show
I am nobody
From nowhere really
I'm here right now
And you don't even know me
I am no one
That you care to talk to
I'm here right now
And that means next to nothing
My songs are free
You laugh at me do you know how much it hurts
Take a crack at me, it'll only make it worse
I laugh inside when I hear them say your name
Didn't realize my life was just your game
So when you learn to touch the sky without my help
I can add another notch to my belt
Did it scare you when I asked for a goodbye
Did it scare you when I showed you all my lies
You didn't know it, but it felt so good to try
You didn't know it, but it felt so good to cry
I am always nervous
And I can't unlearn this
I am always nervous
And I don't deserve this
I'm feeling so intense in my brain
Got so many worries I can't explain
What is the meaning of your pain
I'm worried about everything
I am still nobody
From nowhere really
I'm here right now
I know it must mean something
If I'm not someone that you care to talk to
Then there's no way that I can make you see me
Some say, "You capture my angst"
Make all their problems feel real
But is it just validation
That my words reveal
Is a vessel all I am
Like all of them before
Am I really anyone at all
Just a revenant
Nothing more
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2. |
Folk Legend
03:06
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Growing up in the suburbs of the Second City ain't
The place to be a folk legend, they say
Nobody stops to listen to the banjo that he plays
Still he sits outside and plays it every day
Putting on another Dylan record they say is not the way
To make the hip gets get up and dance and sway
But he don't care for fancy things, he's a legend to be made
His is the kind to burn and never fade
Yeah, Folk Legend
Play another folk song for me
Yeah, you are a legend
Yeah, Folk Legend
Play another folk song for me
Yeah, you are the legend of which I sing
He'll tell you that he plays the drums, but he sometimes skips a beat
To follow pretty girls down the street
He'll sleep through damn near anything
He never knows to wake
He doesn't care to smoke, but he loves to bake
And if you ever see him, tell him that I say "Hello
I hope the years have not treated you rough"
I can still remember the folk songs that he played
Is he out there? Does he still play them today?
I don't know, because on our paths we went the other way
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3. |
Old Saint Joe
04:02
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Halloweenie in Merlini in three weeks at Saint Joe
I'm on the drums, it's gonna be a hell of a show
And you should go
I play bass, man, but it's raining outside
I'd rehearse, but my Core paper's due
Now I'm an RA and in Fourtitude dude
It's a lot of work, but what's a legend to do?
Catch us jamming in the Science Building
Tell us if you think we're sounding lame
The reflecting pond is shallow and I'm diving in
Baby, I'm not famous
But everybody knows my name
There's a battle of the bands in Bennett Hall next week
Check your schedule, it's gonna be a rocking show
C'mon man, what do you think?
I might go or just chill in the apartments
It's the one place they say we can drink
Well we've been jamming
We sound really good, man
You gotta catch us at the Battle of the Bands
Catch us jamming in the Science Building
Tell us if you think we're sounding lame
The reflecting pond is shallow and I'm diving in
Baby, I'm not famous
But everybody knows my name
Catch us at the Battle of the Bands
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4. |
Chicken
02:46
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Low on the totem pole
I reach for the sky
It's a lie
I wave goodbye to my enemies
Bonding over my cries
Roll into a ditch
Fell asleep at the wheel
I woke up with an itch
And I discovered it's real
The silence is deafening
Are you gonna try to fly
Or you just a chicken?
Are you gonna ride high
Or are you just a chicken?
With a flick of their wrists
The animals make it rise
A flying saucer of plastic
A wolf in sheep's disguise
You wanna join
You take it on the chin
The deal's been broken
No one cares where you've been
The silence is deafening
Are you gonna try to fly
Or you just a chicken?
Are you gonna ride high
Or are you just a chicken?
Pierce the ceiling with every thought
Feel your eyes observe your blind spot
Are you gonna try to fly
Or you just a chicken?
Are you gonna ride high
Or are you just a chicken?
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5. |
(The) Seizure
02:51
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They will take you seriously
Dig out the roots and watch me walk away
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6. |
Here Comes Christmas!
05:16
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It's almost here
Christmas time is here
The days are getting shorter
The nights are getting colder
Here comes Christmas
Huddled around the TV
Watching people go nuts
I need to unplug from all this weird hype
My outlets are covered in rust
Music once was so easy
I lived inside of each note
Lately I feel like dying inside
They loved every word I wrote
There is a song I can never sing
A solo that has no refrain
My music is crumbling
I broke my voice
I feel so vain
There is a song I can never sing
A solo that has no refrain
My record is crumbling
I lost my mind
In Santa's sleigh
The light burns bright all night
I cannot fight
I am a phony fool
I won't consume at all
I will not fall
But I feel so small
In this residence hall
Next year give those things away
You don't need them anyway
Just be a better person
Every single day
And on next Christmas when you wake you'll say
"Merry Christmas, boys and girls"
Have a very merry Christmas this year
Have a very merry Christmas
Full of Christmas cheer
Here comes Christmas
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7. |
Drugs
02:05
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He tried drugs for the first time
But no one ever told him
That they would be a problem
But then they turned into a problem
And everything he could think of
Never paled in comparison
And then he got really strung out on them
And then he fell up
And down into a dark hole inside of himself
But no one ever told him that they would be a problem
Actually everybody told him
Drugs are really bad
Actually everybody told him
Drugs are really rad
He walked in to a circus funhouse
And everything was really stretched out
Like everything was inside a mirror
And then his heart raced
And everything turned into code
Zeroes and Ones became his home
And my ego existed
And no one's else did
Actually everybody told him
Drugs are really bad
Actually everybody told him
Drugs are really rad
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8. |
Future Tense
04:21
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9. |
Stuck
03:10
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When I look into the question "Why?"
Everything sparkles and I realize
This way madness lies
Lies lies lies lies lies
In the scene, I fall away
I wait for a sign to show me the way
From day one I ran from all the pain
But pleasure consumes me, I cannot be saved
But I'm just not feeling the same
And I'm falling
Falling into the trap
I'm a crazy guy and I'm never sane
The fuse gets lit then ignites in flames
I'll consume my future before eternity
Learned from those abandoned in misery
What causes you to give up so easily?
Rankled feather are necessities
There is no truer path meant for me
I'm falling into love
I never wanted it
But all good things turn to shit
Call me another day
I'm busy right now
I don't know what to say
I wanna go
I fell from the tallest building
And everyone watched me die
I crumbled to the ground below
They just gawked at me
A guy smoked a cigarette
And then got high
I never wanna know it feels like to die
I'm alone
In this wormhole for good
I'd turn back if I could
I can't censor my cynicism all day
Pain is another thing
I never wanna feel another damn thing
I wanna go to sleep and never wake up
But everything else lives outside
And I'm stuck
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10. |
Normal School
04:13
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You know there's a place
On the other side of the road
You know it's not a place
That you want to go
They say it's got a ghost
They say you'll get expelled
You might lose your soul
And end up in hell
Hey there, injun boy
What's wrong with you?
I think I know a place
We can send you to
They're gonna make you right
Re-educate your mind
The mists of your savage life
Will all be left behind
No
I don't want to go
I don't need to go
To your Normal School
To your Normal School
I don't want to go
I don't need to go
To the Normal School
To your Normal School
What do you know that I don't know?
Where can you go that I can't go?
What do you teachers have to teach me?
What can they see that I can't see?
No
I don't want to go
I don't need to go
To your Normal School
To your Normal School
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11. |
Grace (The Perfect Girl)
07:26
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When I heard about the things that were said
I tucked them away in the back of my head
It was not my job to put you into your place
I should've been better
I should've had grace
Now I'm alone, mom, at 33
Am I the man you envisioned your baby boy to be
Everywhere I go I feel so out of place
But I can survive
If I have grace
Grace
I'm feeling so disgusted with the things I've done
If I am a winner, then what is it that I have won?
Thought I could find a virtue in saving face
I got my way
But I lost my grace
When I wake I wonder
Is it possible to be
As beautiful as the starlit sky
As expansive as the sea
Like the sun, she also rises
But can she light my way
Through the darkness of this coldest place
That I must face everyday
I don't know
Where will I find her
I don't know
Where can she be
I want a girl like the ones on my TV
Just one I want who wants me
Pretty and smart
She'll love wrestling and art
The Perfect Girl
In an imperfect world
I don't know where
If she's somewhere out there
With some other man
Who's not half what I am
The Perfect Girl
Is it really fair
To hold out in despair
For this ridiculous notion
That perfection is there
Time to throw out my list
She can't even exist
The Perfect Girl
From my fantasy world
The Perfect Girl
You can never go back
You can never give in
You can never reveal
What you believe in
Don't talk trash or politics
Or about anything that makes them sick
If I could go back and forget them all
You were the only one I noticed walking down the hall
And if I had one wish
I just might
Wish you were here
With me tonight
But if we can't let go
We can't move on
It doesn't matter who's right or wrong
If we can't let go
We can't move on
It doesn't really matter who's right or wrong
If we can't let go
We can't move on
If we can't let go
We can't move on
Yeah, Folk Legend
Play another folk song for me
Are you still the Legend?
Yes, he's still a Folk Legend
He'll always be a Folk Legend
Forevermore a Folk Legend
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Fourtitude Indianapolis, Indiana
David Spencer and Ryan Farrar met at Saint Joseph's College in Indiana, and it wasn't long before they formed Fourtitude. Years later, in the summer of 2013, the two of them decided to get back together to write and record an album based on their time and experiences at St. Joe. They recruited their friend Michael Garrity to play bass, and the rest, as they say, is history. ... more
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