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Folk Legend

by Fourtitude

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1.
I Am Nobody 04:32
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
2.
Folk Legend 03:06
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
3.
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
4.
Chicken 02:46
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?
5.
They will take you seriously Dig out the roots and watch me walk away
6.
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
7.
Drugs 02:05
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
8.
Future Tense 04:21
9.
Stuck 03:10
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
10.
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
11.
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

about

Eager young academics David Spencer and Ryan Farrar met on the hallowed campus of Saint Joseph's College in Rensselaer, Indiana and immediately bonded over a mutual love of alternative 90s rock and professional wrestling.

It wasn't long before they formed Fourtitude, a short-lived project that allowed them to express their creativity through well-crafted (and certainly not "cookie-cutter") pop-rock songs in the vein of Weezer and other bands that aren't Weezer.

After a tumultuous string of lineup changes, Fourtitude disbanded, but the spirit of the group was carried on in the hearts of Farrar and Spencer.

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 another friend from college, the young, plucky, and handsome Michael Garrity, to play bass and write their social media bios, and the rest, as they say, is history.

The result was Folk Legend, an album based loosely on the life of Mike Thurston, the original Fourtitude drummer. Recorded over the course of two months at Farrar's home in Indianapolis, Folk Legend is a story about growing up, going to college, discovering yourself, and eventually moving on.

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released March 4, 2014

Ryan Farrar - Vocals/Drums/Percussion/Guitars/Harmonica
David Spencer - Vocals/Guitars/Piano/Keyboards/Production/Percussion
Michael Garrity - Bass/Keyboards/Vocals/Piano/Guitars

Mixed by David Spencer
Mastered by Rick Riggs at Handwritten Recording
Album artwork by Brittany Davenport

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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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