Song Description

Musically, this song starts off as quiet as can be - with only two chords - and builds up to a cacophony. It is meant to reflect life in general, often messy but worth it. Lyrically it is a statement about questions. A person often knows more about what they DON'T want to be than what they DO want.

Lyrics

TITLE:
I don't want to be like that

VERSE:
in the middle of nowhere
at the end of a streak
I look down at my watch
I will it to speak
I'm up to my neck
and I need it to stop
spend a lot of time waiting
for the next shoe to drop

CHORUS:
I don't want to be like that
in the interest of clarification
I don't want to be like that

VERSE:
at a bus stop down yonder
at a beach that I knew
there's a buzz in my pocket
the vacation is through
looking out of a window
of a slow moving train
right on cue for my drama
it's beginning to rain

CHORUS:
I don't want to be like that
in the interest of self-preservation
I don't want to be like that

VERSE:
at the foot of an altar
which way do I go
the incense and candles
on with the show
a miracle happens
when I wake up each day
my sins are my own
you can't take them away

CHORUS:
I don't want to be like that
holding out for eternal salvation
I don't want to be like that

VERSE:
there's trouble all over
my trouble is here
I look up at the moon
so shiny and clear
as it calls the tide
I howl and I pound
look up to see everyone staring
but there's no one around

CHORUS:
I don't want to be like that
just another man losing his station
I don't want to be like that

all those internal conversations
I don't want to be like that