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Short little ditty mostly in a fun 11/8 groove.
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late 90's 'alt rock' with a bit of a tongue-in-cheek melancholy.
tattered hat was a project that started somewhat whimsically and kinda spur-of-the-moment. I have another project () that I was trying to start but didn't quite go where I wanted with this band. I'm not complaining, mind you. I had a lot of fun and some cool tunes came out of it.
Song Info
Genre
Rock • Rock n Roll
Charts
Peak #1,267
Peak in subgenre #94
Author
toshio mana, jonathan hoffman
Rights
1999
Uploaded
October 13, 2004
Track Files
MP3
MP3 4.0 MB • 128 kbps • 4:22
Story behind the song
Jon and Chuck came up with a cool (verse) groove and it just kinda came together really fast. Wrote lyrics/vocals for it and voila. Though we only kinda played live once (hell, we only _played_live_ once) we sorta looked at is as our 'signature tune.' Lyrically it's fundamentally about fear and a fear of taking risks. But, as for a bit of background, I was in an odd phase of the whole coming out process. There's a point many of us reach and realize that being openly queer is fundamentally political. It's deciding how political you want it to be that can be a tricky line to navigate. That and the fact that I'm always looking at guys and wishing I had the balls to walk up and say, "hi. You're cute. Wanna fuck?"
Lyrics
So you don't want to hide behind these picket-fence fantasies Or bury your dreams in crowds and in noise So you don't want to dance or carry on conversations So you buy another round of excuses and lies [ CHORUS ] Stolen glances are your only romances Borrowed lies are taking up all your time Spending dances buying lonely chances Swallowed pride - can you ride this line? So you got your wings and bought your fairy tales And you think you can have it all when it goes on sale So you live in the past but don't like the history Well then don't run to me to make you a man.
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