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No Life Low Life which would later become Another Life was one of the first songs that explore some darker themes of depression. The running title "NOLL" was my attempt at being really grunge and filled with angst. When I went to the studio to record this song and we got to the ending I was telling Arthur (The other studio engineer) about how I wanted to rip a huge dad solo like the one thats in the demo. Both him and Darin Rudd proceeded to roast me about solos XD
So the ending solo never made the final cut but I thought it was fun to hear. If you couldn't tell by the tone and style of it, I was really really into Dinosaur Jr for a hot minute
NOLL in the concept of the album is maybe taking place when I was maybe 16, I remember always being really depressed and I had a horrible amount of suicidal thoughts go through my mind at that time. After the self exploration phase of "Seasons" I found myself kinda lost in isolated thoughts, negative thinking and bad coping skills. I was filled with a lot of angst and always getting into trouble at school. I was a really trouble kid in my youth. NOLL is almost like an explanation of my bad behaviour while battling the negative thoughts of depression and suicide. The chorus is pretty much me saying "i'm as good as dead anyways so I don't need to worry about giving a shit about what I do in this life"
By the end of the song I had originally wanted to put some dialogue explaining that sometime passed from those angsty thoughts, instead I went with the radio static to help further push the radio surf concept!
Super fun unrelated fun fact! The song "Good 4 You" off of the "Bae Sidez" EP was actually supposed to go after after Another Life, It was lyrically fit the album perfect and It was a super bright colourful track that led perfectly into Groove Corner. However something about it just stuck out way too much for it to fit in any section of the album. I really really liked that song so rather than just scrap it I put it on the Bae Sidez EP which is just a collection of ideas that didn't fully fit the Full Album vibe, but were the experiments needed to have the album work and make sense. All the EP are connected to the album from that theme!
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Lows give lead to motives
so just, try and move your feet
this shit should it be happening still
in a different town where we can meet
I'll go through all the motions, and still
I contemplate defeat
well in close this waiting I loath
it's gonna take me where I wanna be
instead you got me
So wrong
watch all these dreams pass by and i'm still deciding
it feels so wrong
no I don't need to try i'll just save it for another life
well so long, goodbye to the days inside
living in this lie
well this time, i'll be taking my end, i'll be leaving again
i'll be needing a friend no idle living it
So i'll be sitting alone, the sad part now
i'm no closer to home, i've got it
now i'll just drift to the tones
cause it's the same longevity that's part time killing me
Why is this happening still?
where we can go and just lay around
why is this happening still?
Is this just a playground
even though we can find a way to be closer and in sound
we simply choose to just drift away it's the state of fading out
well lately, the things that I don't show
creep in from all the feelings that wont go
but it's just lately, things don't feel the same
but it's just lately, i'm fooling all that stay
but it's just lately, I think it's just lately, but it's just lately
Oh I just lie~
So wrong
watch all these dreams pass by and i'm still deciding
it feels so wrong
no I don't need to try i'll just save it for another life
well so long, goodbye to the days inside
living in this lie
well this time, i'll be taking my end, i'll be leaving again
i'll be needing a friend no idle living it
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