Stupid Forever
FEiN co-write: bad vibes and familiar lies, pillow to my face: am I gonna feel stupid forever, hello from the moon, maybe forever.
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FEiN single (June 14, 2021), co-written by Luke Francis Walton and Brandon Michael Woodward. Mixed and mastered by Frank Rosato (same Woodcliff chain as Sidecar and Delicate; Bodies uses Cary Singer / Riley Knapp). There’s a 360º live session at KCRW with Ryan McDiarmid (drums) and Geo Botelho (bass), session audio mastered by Riley Knapp, and a good place to catch Walton’s guitar solo. Not on Little Homes (2016); part of the 2021 FEiN cluster with Sidecar (December) and Scoobert’s I’m an Idiot, all sharing the same post-pandemic self-consciousness.
Shame as singalong. The verses run a rumination loop dressed up as ease (days like this are easy to come by), small wins as anesthesia before the relapse into burn out all the light. The bridge does the real damage with deadpan sarcasm, that was super cool / pillow to my face, a greeting to your own rerun.
By the final bridge the escape fantasy has scaled to orbit (hello from the moon) and the outro converts the title question into a prognosis: maybe I’m gonna feel stupid forever. Pairs with Behave (scripts you fail) and Infant (misreading someone).
Written by Luke Francis Walton and Brandon Michael Woodward (FEiN). Mixed and mastered by Frank Rosato.
Lyrics
Days like this are easy to come by Easier all the time Gone aggressive into the goodnight Easier all the time Stay up late reliving a bad vibe Tell a familiar lie Set myself up blind in the meantime Killing another night That was super cool Pillow to my face How long will it hurt Hello, nothing new Am I gonna feel stupid Forever Forever Forever, am I gonna feel stupid Forever Forever, hmmm I don't wanna feel stupid Forever Forever Forever, am I gonna feel stupid Forever Forever, hmm Days like this don't lead with a headline Give it a little time Soothe myself in measured achievement Cozy until the night My god, let this be the last time Smell a familiar lie If I ever think it's a good vibe Burn out all the light That was super cool Pillow to my face How long will it hurt Hello, nothing new Am I gonna feel stupid Forever Forever Forever, I don't wanna feel stupid Forever Forever, hmmm Am I gonna feel stupid Forever Forever Forever, I don't wanna feel stupid Forever Forever, hmm Pull me from my room Shoot me into space How long will it hurt Hello from the moon Am I gonna feel stupid Forever Forever Forever, am I gonna feel stupid Forever Forever, hmmm I don't wanna feel stupid Forever Forever Forever, I don't wanna feel stupid Forever Forever, hmm Maybe I'm gonna feel stupid Forever Forever Forever, am I gonna feel stupid Forever Forever, hmm Maybe I'm gonna feel stupid Forever Forever Forever, am I gonna feel stupid Forever Forever, hmm