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Pop-punk band from Orange County, CA
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Marc Morcos / Mario Morcos
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May 08, 2020
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Story behind the song
When I first started writing Brain Freeze, I wanted to try to put into words the frustration I felt from being in love and not being able to get myself to do anything about it. The words to this song came super easy for me. Within about the first 30 minutes, I had already written the first two verses, the first chorus, and the first two lines of the third verse. Then I got tired and ended up falling asleep on the couch in the bonus where I was writing from. Three hours later, I woke up and wrote two more lines, completing the third verse. I then quit for the day because I had to go eat and finish reading some short story my homework for a class I had to go to later that night.
The next day, Wednesday, September 10, 1997, I went to school again, Saddleback College in Mission Viejo, and ended up working on another song - Hanging On. I wrote most of it that morning, and finished it later that afternoon. Later that evening, I pulled out Brain Freeze and started working on that again. Nine minutes later, I thought I was done. I had finished the 4th verse and the last chorus: "All day long, your thought bombards my brain Your eyes are like the skies stars / No that sounds so lame." But I questioned whether I was really done; I felt I wanted to add more dimensions. So I read the lyrics and sang the tune in my head, and I was then sure I wanted to keep going with the song. I was uncertain as to what to write next or how the tune would go, but I thought up something quick and started to write. As I wrote the new part, I wasnt sure I really liked the new tune, and felt the new lyrics were too weak. So about 20 minutes later, I stopped writing.
The new part bugged me. Giving in to my frustrations, I pushed Brain Freeze aside and, over the next two years, moved on to other songs. Because it was so easy to write, I didnt take Brain Freeze too seriously. But when our show at Chain Reaction arrived, the song somehow ended up on our set list. It was at that point I realized I had to face the music, and finish the song.
Chain Reaction was our first real club show. We had played lots of little shows before that, even the Sunset Strips legendary Los Angeles Whisky, but Chain Reaction was the first show we were actually officially scheduled and advertised to play at, and had real tickets for. As our show approached, I began to think of potential lyrics for Brain Freeze again. Two nights before the show, as I was brushing my teeth, getting ready for bed, the lyrics for the intro to the songs ending popped in my head: "If only / You felt the same / Well maybe someday / Maybe someday." I wrote those lines down, and then went to bed.
As I lay in bed awake the next morning with Brain Freeze playing in my head, I tried to think of what lines should come next. A few minutes later, the line "For now Ill / Just sit here and dream / My whole life away," came to me. I actually thought of that concept, maybe even that exact line, the night before, after thinking of the If only line. However, I wasnt sure about it at the time. But that morning, I sang it and liked it, so it stayed. Another idea I thought of the day before was to say something about pulling out my hair thinking of her. I wasnt sure how to say it though. But that morning while I was taking a shower and getting ready for school and the song played in my head, I thought of: "As I pull out my hair / Dreaming of you / Thinking of me." I was proud of myself because I thought those were pretty catchy lines. Then I went to school.
The next day, Thursday, November 18, 1999, the morning of the show, I sang the song in my head again and came up with the line "The thought was beautiful / The thought was fun / But now I realize the dream is gone / A cruel cruel scheme love pulled on me." I kind of forgot the tune, so I played it on guitar to make sure everything fit right and sounded fine. It did. Then, just a few minutes..... [Full story at www.DrowningFish.com] -Marc Morcos
Lyrics
I try to talk, but my tongue turns numb
I walk, but begin to fall down
This feeling I have for you
Oh there's nothing that I could do
A plan runs round in my head
For us to at least be friends
I want to speak my mind
But I'm worried, would you mind
If angelic baby
If I may say
You're the most lovely...
No I can't say that!
One day comes as one day goes by
Still can't locate the nerve that makes a smile
I get worked up and swear next time
But when I see you, I change my mind
All day long, your thought bombards my brain
This daydreaming is costing me my grade
Why can't I just walk up to you
Like so many other guys do
And say...
Angelic baby
May I say
Your eyes are like the skies stars
No that sounds so lame!
If only
You felt the same
Well maybe someday
Maybe someday
For now I'll
Just sit here and dream
My whole life away
As I pull out my hair
Dreaming of you
Thinking of me
The thought was beautiful
The thought was fun
But now I realize the dream is gone
A cruel cruel scheme love pulled on me
Oh naive heart
I let you lead
And now you're crushed and suffering
I should have know
I'm so sorry
