Midwest love affair I bend when I am bored Late night liquor blue Will lead me to the floor. Can we fake it? Can we make believe? I'm so full of love It deeply sickens me. But all I could do was close my eyes And cross my arms and hope to die Cause you don't fucking listen When I'm around. The least you could do is take it back All the vicious remarks and verbal attacks Cause I can't fucking stand it. When You're Around. Midwest aftermath, the rumors start to rise Did I truly do the things that you've described? They must hate me, every single one It just sickens them, what I consider fun. But all I could do was close my eyes And cross my arms and hope to die Cause you don't fucking listen When I'm around. The least you could do is take it back All the vicious remarks and verbal attacks, Cause I can't fucking stand it. When You're Around. But all I could do was close my eyes And cross my arms and hope to die Cause you don't fucking listen When I'm around. The least you could do is take it back All the vicious remarks and verbal attacks Cause I can't fucking stand it. When You're Around. No I can't fucking stand it, when you're around. No I can't fucking stand it, when you're around.
Dude same i'm 18 and only now finding out about this 🥲 wish i grew up a few years before, now most of my favorite rock bands have disbanded before i even started listening to them
Yeah, you missed out for sure. I got to see these guys live with Rufio when I was 16 in 2003 for like 6 bucks per ticket, and there was only 100-200 people in the venue. It was awesome. At least you have RU-vid to find every song in an instant, though! We used to have to scour random sites to find demo recordings of bands like this before they got big.
The lyrics are about the singer's self medication habits. His sober self is essentially angry at his drunk self. I originally thought this song was about a toxic ex lol
I thought the same thing when I first heard this in high school. But then struggling a little bit with alcohol in my twenties and early thirties (I'm 33) I totally got it. Such an amazing album!
