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Sarry

Mon Sep 29 2014, 01:30pm

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Share your thoughts on the song here!

Up around ten with a headache kicking
Guess who fell asleep with a cigarette
My girl's back home with the morning sick
Got a baby on the way, not here yet

And I'm alright, I think we're good
Yeah I drink more than the doctors say I should
I've been a little hard to reach
But my girl is on the beach and I'll see her on the weekend
I'll see her on the weekend
I'll see her on the weekend
I'll see her at the end of the week

Friday comes, Lately I'm sleeping
Until the sun fills up my rented room
I pack my things, get my car started
Yeah I've been gone but I'll be home real soon

Cellphone's dead and she is calling
My message box is full

Up around ten with a headache kicking
Guess who fell asleep with a cigarette
My girl's back home with the morning sick
Got a baby on the way, not here yet

And I'm alright, I think we're good
Yeah I drink more than the doctors say I should
I've been a little hard to reach
But my girl is at the beach and I'll see her on the weekend
I'll see her on the weekend
I'll see her on the weekend
I'll see her at the end of the week

Friday comes and she is calling
My message box is full

Up around ten with a headache kicking
Guess who fell asleep with a cigarette
My girl's back home with the morning sick
Got a baby on the way, not here yet

And I'm alright, I think we're good
Yeah I drink a little more than the doctors say I should
I've been a little hard to reach
But I know you're at the beach and I'll see you on the weekend
I'll see her on the weekend
I'll see her on the weekend
I'll see her at the end of the week

I'll see her on the weekend
I'll see her on the weekend
I'll see her at the end of the week

Sarry

Mon Sep 29 2014, 02:55pm

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A lot of people seem to dislike this one but I have to say I've listened to it probably 25 times already and I'm digging it haha

SwimInTheCaves

Mon Sep 29 2014, 04:25pm

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Favorite so far.

eit

Mon Sep 29 2014, 06:42pm

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This one is weird. It's like I can see what he's doing and what sound he wants and he hit that just fine but it's not my favourite style of his, I guess? I do like it. It's just not my favourite. Makes me interested to see how this whole album works altogether.

eit

Mon Sep 29 2014, 06:43pm

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Oh, and I think the chorus is actually "Up around TEN with a headache kicking, Guess I fell asleep with a cigarette."

Sarry

Mon Sep 29 2014, 06:57pm

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Edited! Thanks

Jeffro

Mon Sep 29 2014, 07:29pm

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I really enjoy it for the intimacy but I'm not sure it'll have as much re-listen value as other songs will.

SkyDemon96

Mon Sep 29 2014, 08:28pm

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definitely my least favorite song he's done in a long time :/

Toxic

Mon Sep 29 2014, 09:32pm

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Yikes these reactions are making me glad I'm waiting to listen?

eit

Mon Sep 29 2014, 09:38pm

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It reminds me of Sister Goldenhair Surprise a bit? It's definitely not... Bad... I think I would listen to it a lot in a long distance r/ship where I only saw them on the weekend?

I think it's better heard in album context though. I want to see how it all pulls together!

Sarry

Mon Sep 29 2014, 09:45pm

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I listened to this song so many times. I'm surprised people don't think it has relisten value because I felt like it does more than the other songs haha

mckellogg

Mon Sep 29 2014, 09:50pm

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I enjoy it very much.

eit

Mon Sep 29 2014, 10:51pm

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Sarry wrote ...

I listened to this song so many times. I'm surprised people don't think it has relisten value because I felt like it does more than the other songs haha

I have to listen to it again because I keep getting it stuck in my head and singing "I'll see her on the weekend, I'll see her on the weekend" to myself.

SwimInTheCaves

Mon Sep 29 2014, 11:17pm

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I can't believe all the hate! This is definitely either my favorite or second fav so far. It's SO catchy!! I've listened like a billion times so far. It's so fresh sounding.

michelle-

Mon Sep 29 2014, 11:34pm

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I don't get it either, I really love it but I love it in a different way that I do the other three.

Sarry

Tue Sep 30 2014, 12:13am

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michelle- wrote ...

I don't get it either, I really love it but I love it in a different way that I do the other three.

THIS! It's different, but that's not a bad thing! I have a feeling this will be one that grows on a lot of people

Toxic

Tue Sep 30 2014, 12:14am

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I expected to see it slammed on twitter but all reactions have been positive!

Toxic

Tue Sep 30 2014, 07:09am

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Finally listened! Not crazy about the structure and lyrical style, but the instrumental is gorgeous (like seriously that piano

). I feel like I'll be able to appreciate it more in the context of the album though and it will grow on me.

andrewspiano

Tue Sep 30 2014, 08:02am

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I'm looking at this as the What Gets You Off song of the record.

Jeffro

Tue Sep 30 2014, 10:23am

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andrewspiano wrote ...

I'm looking at this as the What Gets You Off song of the record.

I'm fairly skeptical of that without even really knowing what it means.

WhatStarsAre

Tue Sep 30 2014, 10:36am

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Nah, this is the Orphans - skip.

WhatStarsAre

Tue Sep 30 2014, 10:48am

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Sorry, that's too flippant. I'm like Tox, I do like the instrumentation and the melody. The lyrics just don't do it for me, they're a little too on the nose. It isn't so much that it's a bad song, objectively, but it doesn't live up to the other three in my book. Because they're SO DAMN GOOD and this one's just okay.

eit

Tue Sep 30 2014, 10:59am

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I have to say I initially kind of thought it would be the auto-skip/Orphans of the album, but…. it grew on me.

My initial impression was: .. this is … awkward? I like some of it… ? Huh.

Then I had to listen to it agin because the chorus was stuck in my head. And I was like, you know, it's not bad. It's pretty chill. Still a little awkward, but it's not bad.

This morning: I wake up, and have to blast it while I get dressed and start interpretative dancing to it.

Safe to say it is still not going to be my favourite BUT it grew on me and I actually really love it now in a "you're kinda awkward but chill and nice to jam to anyways bebe" kinda way.

pit_girl1

Tue Sep 30 2014, 12:46pm

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Unfortunately, count me in the really dislike group. I have to agree with WhatStarsAre -- lyrically, I think it might be his worst song yet, particularly the "see her at the end of the week" part.

However, the other three songs that I've heard are just SO FREAKING GOOD that I am sure this album is still going to be amazeballs

WhatStarsAre

Tue Sep 30 2014, 02:28pm

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That line makes me think of...

WhatStarsAre

Tue Sep 30 2014, 02:29pm

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I also wish MTV had premiered a more radio-friendly pick! Canyon Moon or High Dive both could have done well there.

Sarry

Tue Sep 30 2014, 04:08pm

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I just... I really like this one. I don't get the hate at all tbh lol I mean it's fine

Everyone thought I was a weirdo for disliking Cavanaugh Park and Television so...

Pabeek

Tue Sep 30 2014, 04:29pm

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You ARE a weirdo for disliking Television but I accept you anyway

The fact that Zac co-produced this one makes me like it even more, his vibe is all over it.

Like I said on Facebook yesterday, I get why some might not like the repetition/simplistic lyrics, but they make sense when you consider his headspace/location. If I was stuck in a desert shack for 4 1/2 days at a time, I would totally be like, "BABY. NOT HERE YET. WEEKEND. END OF THE WEEK." I think we're all used to him using so much imagery in his songs that a straight-forward song like this comes off as bad/unfinished, whereas I see it as refreshing. It's my least favorite of everything we've heard, but I think it still elevates the record.

Jeffro

Wed Oct 01 2014, 08:17am

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The comparison to Orphans is an interesting one to me for two reasons.

1. I like that song way more than most people do, as appears to be the case here.

2. That's a case where sequencing matters. I don't know how many people remember this but the original TGP promo material had Orphans listed before The Resolution, and so did the leaked version (which it turned out was an early studio master). But on the finished version it's a really great sort of breather and interlude after the sort of loud brashness of that song into the quiet beginning of Caves. Given that we've heard almost everything that comes before this and very little that comes after, I suspect this will be a similar turning point on the ITW record.

WhatStarsAre

Wed Oct 01 2014, 06:53pm

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That's interesting Jeffro. I do get what you mean about Orphans kind of setting the stage for Caves. That whole album has a brilliant almost theatrical flow to it. I skip both Orphans and Caves when I'm doing a casual listen because sometimes I'm just not emotionally prepared to listen to Caves. But when I do listen to it, I listen to them both. If it's a transitional song, it does make it an even stranger choice to preview through MTV, to me.

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