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Some Hands Are Better Than Others

from Fall '15 Demos by Good Heads, Better Shoulders

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Frankly, this song is a hypothetical suicide note. This really isn't made clear until the outro, but once it is the song retroactively gains some intense meaning, especially in the chorus. The not knowing "what's in store" is a reference to the afterlife. The verses serve to illustrate the circumstance that provokes the speaker (a hypothetical me) to feel the way they do.

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And now I'm lying on the kitchen floor and I'm laughing I don't know what's in store
for tomorrow, or the day thereafter, all I've got is the sick sound of laughter

I've been picking up new problems and tryin to get to know them through dull pleasantries CAUSE AS OF THIS DATE THEY'RE MY ONLY COMPANY and I'm told to keep my chin up that staring at my feet keeps the world from me

And now I'm lying on the kitchen floor and I'm laughing I don't know what's in store
for tomorrow, or the day thereafter, all I've got is the sick sound of laughter

I've been picking up new problems and I don't expect to know them
cause you know THAT I KNEW BETTER THAN TO TREAT ALL THESE LEADEN PROBLEMS LIKE THEY'RE FEATHERS. My love for you was too deep-seated, your words have lost their meaning.

And now I'm lying on the kitchen floor and I'm laughing I don't know what's in store
for tomorrow, or the day thereafter, all I've got is the sick sound of laughter

My head's not on too straight, but I don't think I'll complain
Once you take it a step too far, you're locked out shut out and in the dark
My vision's blackening, at least I know why it's happening
I thought I'd be okay if I felt nothing for every future day
and now I'm lying on the kitchen floor watching myself pass under the door
and I'm laughing, CAUSE I DON'T KNOW ANY BETTER
SIGNED TROY SINCERELY YOURS, THE END OF THIS LETTER.

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from Fall '15 Demos, released October 21, 2015
Vox: Celia Gibson
Uke and Backup Vox: Troy Doliner

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Good Heads, Better Shoulders Boston, Massachusetts

Good Heads, Better Shoulders is a friendship collective. We are a songwriting guild. We're located in Boston. We try to share ourselves with you with our music. We play some kind of pop punk (tweemo).

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