Alarm Clocks

from Alarm Clocks (Single) by Blind Liars

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“Alarm Clocks” is a rollicking indie-rock freight train powered by a double helping of pounding drums. I wrote the song to process the grief from upended friendship and the breakup of my high school band during the summer between my sophomore and junior year of college. I returned to school feeling baseless and alone in a way I never had before. My hometown was no longer home to me. Leaving me adrift in the excitement and terror of independence, and fledgling adulthood.

Recordings of “Alarm Clocks” attempted in our college years never achieved our satisfaction. So it gives me great relief that after a dozen years of gestation and refinement “Alarm Clocks” was finally recorded at our individual home studios during the winter of 2021.

lyrics

And I wish I could recall a time
I ever felt more alive
Than a month spent strung out on your couch
Leakin' out the eyes
'Cause I finally took a leap of faith
Too bad it was a dive
The swimming pools were empty
I'm lucky that I survived

But I'll do it all again
For you and you alone
Just tell me where to begin
Just tell me where I went wrong

There are too damn many broken hearts
And too many muted screams
Too many tornadoes through trailer parks
And too many TV screens
And too many children thinkin' we're adults
Just cause we grew up like weeds
And I wish it was all just nightmares
Alarm Clocks killin' dreams

But I'll do it all again
For you and you alone
Just tell me where to begin
Just tell me where I went wrong
'Cause I know I lost myself
Somewhere along the way
And I don't know just where to run
But I know that I can't stay

credits

from Alarm Clocks (Single), track released April 25, 2023
Eric Bates: Drums
Jon Root: Guitar, Vocals
Schala Walls: Bass, Vocals

Production Blind Liars
Mixing by Jon Root
Mastering by David Feeney

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