Yesterday's Bodega song was a cri de coeur against passivity, today's by another great New York band is the opposite - capturing the reactionary side of our fractious times in a two-part number. Another strength of this clever two-songs-in-one form, taken from the band's new 2018 album Wide Awake! (produced by Brian Burton aka Danger Mouse), is in the change of pace, and style, halfway through, when the narrator, fighting with himself in a self-dialogue of circular anger management, changes gear to reach towards the proclamation: "At least music is playing in my head", almost becoming joyful, and in a style reminiscent of Jonathan Richman. It's another example of how among post-punk indie guitar songs prevalent at the moment, while many do sound similar, others can be diverse, energetic and highly creative.
Almost Had to Start a Fight
Almost, almost, almost, almost, almost had to start a fight
Don't know, don't know, don't know, don't know how to react so I won't
What do, what do, what do, what do you do when you are provoked?
When does, when does, when does, when does, when does something start being a joke?
Caught up, caught up, caught up, caught up in our morbid modern lives
Adapt, adapt, adapt, adapt to the void then if you must
And to, and to, and to, and to just prefer the status quo
What if, what if, what if, what if I've got tired of being polite?
Why am I searching for reason?
I'm in the chaos dimension
Reasons eclipsed by tension
I want, I want, I want, I want not to feel numb about death
Finding, finding, finding, finding peace is not an easy task
Breathing, breathing, breathing, breathing to see if there's any left
Reading, reading, reading, reading about how many people died and –
Can someone tell me the reason?
I'm in the chaos dimension
Trapped in a brutal invention.
In and Out of Patience
If it stops I'm, if it stops I'm, if it stops I'm having a bad dream.
In and out of patience
I just can't keep it around
Most of mine's been taken
Is there a finite amount?
Had a little left
(But I gave it to you)
Now someone's at my door
(And he needs some too)
Lighting up my phone
(Darkening my mood)
And all I got left is
This shit attitude
At least music is playing in my head.
If it stops I'm, if it stops I'm, if it stops I'm having an unshakable nightmare.
In and out of patience
Don't have enough to share
Sometimes on life itself
I'm neither here nor there
The MTA
(Took the first of it)
Twenty-minute delay
(Wasn't the worst of it)
Saw it underground
(You could burn to death)
Now you're right on time to take what I got left
Funky music playing in my head.
If it stops I'm, if it stops I'm, and if it stops I'm counting on you.
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