i wrote and recorded this song yesterday and i mixed it and made the video today.
this is a song about the state of the world today.
i considered calling this "it's the end of the world (and i don't care)" like as a reference to the rem song, but everyone is saying "i hate it here" all the time, so i went with that instead.
i am singing, playing guitar (danelectro mosrite copy), bass (Bad Cat Acrylic Custom AC-230 Electric Bass Guitar Transparent Lucite), and drums (midi keyboard played live. no loops)
i might still tweak some of the lyrics, and do some little things to it here and there, but this one feels more finished than some of those song skirmish challenges i was doing this week.
this is the first song i've done for FAWM with cursing. i always like to make sure if i curse in a song that it is necessary.
video killed the radio star
then mtv stopped playing videos
they’ve gone too far
now everyone has a podcast
i wanna to rage against the machine
but stupid people
are raging against vaccines
i guess they're smarter than doctors
it’s the end of the world
and i don’t care
cause everything fucking sucks
i hate it here
is it the end of the world?
yeah, i don’t care
cause everything fucking sucks
i hate it here
my social media is not verified
i feel like shit
but i think i found the meaning of life
it's to get a blue check mark
if america is really so wealthy
then why the hell am i living in poverty?
i hate being an artist
it’s the end of the world
and i don’t care
cause everything fucking sucks
i hate it here
is it the end of the world?
yeah, i don’t care
cause everything fucking sucks
i hate it here
if america is really so wealthy
then why the hell am i living in poverty?
everything fucking sucks
i hate it here
@cblack Mar 2022
That video is terrifying.
Great lyrics, and I loved the music. But that video...
@johnpeekstok Feb 2022
Brilliant! Cheerful nihilism, expertly portrayed.
@vegansongs Feb 2022
Smashing! This is my new favorite. Raw honey.
@mardeycranbleson Feb 2022
Another rager. Great chorus. I’ve given up myself. I like to make songs where I curse unnecessarily sometimes just out of the absurdity.
@dugganensis Feb 2022
I was sitting in my living room, carefully petting my cat who might have a tapeworm, staring out the window at the new American flag that my neighbor across the street had jabbed into a perfectly fine maple tree and realized as I stared it its chaotic waving pattern and bold audacious colors that nations are little more than ideas in ape brains, nothing is real, and we don't exist. But then I got up and went into the kitchen and saw a bag of those neat little pretzel pillows with peanut butter inside but these had almond butter this time so I bought them even though I had sworn I would never get those again because they absolutely override my compulsive eating controls but these were new and on sale and I just had to try them once, and I've been eating them for 2 weeks straight again. Clearly, those exist. If America isn't real, why do I hate it here? I really hope that maple tree is okay, I thought, as I nuked some leftover pancakes.
@standup Feb 2022
Great powerpop tune, love the harmonies on the chorus. And elsewhere. I like the rage against machine / rage agains vaccines rhyme.
Fun tune, and I agree.
@kaminokai Feb 2022
Awesome. Nice breakdown after the solo, too! Dude, that video..!
@mikepalmu Feb 2022
This Rock Hard! Edit, it's ok to curse if you're feeling that way.