same face just older
same eyes just colder
shouting in the steamed up bathroom mirror
yelling at the fogged up silvered glass
screaming at the me
i don't want to be
don’t wanna be today
same gaze just wider
same blaze this fire
cursing a visage of my ghost in a passing window
whispering profanities under my breath
just being the me
i don't want to be
don't wanna be today
same skin just worn
same sin just torn
muttering dumb shit to my reflection in a puddle
pretending like i'm doing it for real
and yet i am the me
i don't want to be
don't wanna be today
same channel same station
same flat-line elation
starring at my quiet eyes in the rear view mirror
i have nothing left to say
i will always be the me
i don't want to be
don't want to be today
About the Creator
Bren
"It's just a token of my extreme!" - Frank Zappa
"Cause it's all in the heat of the moment It's all in the pain!!!" - Devin Townsend
Centre Stage with the wonderful Heather Hubler
I'm writing it out not acting in doubt!
'20/20'
"Do It Again" the track that would ultimately open the Beach Boys final album on Capitol Records which was released on February 10th 1969 had originally been released as a single in August of 1968. The track was the first of many post-Pet Sounds era throwbacks to the early Beach Boys sound which would become continually more cliched and eventually lead the Beach Boys to the level of self-parody they would eventually succumb to in the 1980s while their closest contemporaries The Beatles nearing the end of their run in 1969 would go on to be viewed as the most influential band of all time. However, the song itself is not bad on its surface, and it opens with a futuristic sounding (for 1969) drumbeat captured by then-Beach Boys engineer Stephen Desper using tape delays on the drums performed by Dennis Wilson and John Guerin. The song has been re-recorded numerous times over the years on various Beach Boys-related projects most notably the 2011 re-recording at Capitol studios featuring the five surviving Beach Boys at the time backed instrumentally by various members of both the Brian Wilson Band and Mike Loves touring "Beach Boys" to promote the then upcoming Beach Boys 50th Anniversary reunion tour in 2012. The hammering and power drill sound at the end of the song was an excerpt from a track called "Workshop" that was to be a part of the uncompleted "SMiLE" album.
By Sean Callaghan7 days ago in Beat
Comments (3)
Sometimes, I don't want to be me either. Loving this line: "muttering dumb shit to my reflection in a puddle"
Loved this The rhyme, the energy the great play on words
The feeling is familiar, some days I don't want to be myself either. Or anything in particular.