This is a song about waking up drunk, something that doesn't happen to me too often(thankfully) but, to say I've never experienced that would be a lie. The opening line of this song was actually something my friend Dan wrote once at my house and I liked it a lot. A little over a year later I got really drunk on a Sunday Night, to be fair it was the same night I had ever gotten a chance to play music in front of people. I woke up the next morning so hungover and in so much pain I had thrown up once at my house in the comfort of my own toilet, then as i was driving to school I puked on my lap and began to cry. Having to pull my car over to the side of the main street of my town shaking,puking, crying, thinking to myself "what if my parents, their friends, or my friends drive past me and see me like this. This isn't an accurate representation of myself I am a disgusting human being." After that i had cleaned myself up and driven to school and while typing a lab report in the computer lab I threw up in the middle of the room for a grand finale. Can you believe not a single person asked me if i was ok? It was at that point in time I thought to myself maybe I drink too much and that I should slow things down because this is going a little past partying now. So I didn't go out at all the next weekend, I didn't drink at the bar the Friday after that, then that Saturday night I went to a concert in the city and while driving home from Long Island I threw up out of my window while driving over the George Washington Bridge. I know I hate myself more than you could ever hate me but this song is a reminder that sometimes I get too fucked up and that I am so lost. At the same time I have faith that good things will happen to me, so this is a reminder to myself that I am a shitty person with hopes of a good future.
lyrics
Woke up still fucked up, I had class at 8.
It's a short commute to my college but I guess I'm gonna be late.
Graduate I gotta graduate I gotta get a job and I can't stay up late.
It's what I tell, tell myself everyday.
So I'm still dreamin, I'm still alive and I try to live my life one day at a time and i hope one day it'll all be fine.
Like I said I woke up still drunk, tried to go to school.
I didn't make it that far cuz I threw up in my car.
This hangover got the best of me and I just wish I could live free.
credits
from Fall Into Place or Pieces,
released December 20, 2015
Thank you Dan Koslecki for being the origin for this song
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