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THE VERVE PIPE
The Freshmen
written by Donny Brown, Doug Corella, Jeffrey Joseph Douglas,
Brad Vander Ark and Brian Vander Ark
produced by Jack Joseph Puig
I made this page June 19th, 2021, the 57th birthday of lead singer of
songwriter of The Verve Pipe. Happy Birthday, BVA!!
A rather moving song that comes from a bit of a disturbing, dark place... leaves you with an almost sort of unplaceable sensation. Dripping with ’90s angst.
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YT:
1996
Lyrics
When I was young I knew everything / She a punk who rarely ever took advice / Now I’m guilt-stricken, sobbing with my head on the floor / Stop a baby’s breath and a shoe full of rice, no / Can’t be held responsible / ’Cause she was touching her face / I won’t be held responsible / She fell in love in the first place / For the life of me, I cannot remember / What made us think that we were wise / And we’d never compromise / For the life of me, I cannot believe / We’d ever die for these sins / We were merely freshmen / My best friend took a week’s vacation to forget her / His girl took a week’s worth of Valium and slept / And now he’s guilt-stricken, sobbing with his head on the floor / Thinks about her now and how he never really wept, he says / x1 / x1 / Hey yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah / Hey yeah / Hey yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah / We’ve tried to wash our hands of all of this / We never talk of our lacking relationships / And how we’re guilt-stricken, sobbing with our heads on the floor / We fell through the ice when we tried not to slip, we’d say / Can’t be held responsible / ’Cause she was touching her face / And I won’t be held responsible / She fell in love in the first place / x2 / We were merely freshmen / We were only freshmen
first release: Villains (1996/03/26)
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This page was originally made on June 19th, 2021 and last edited on July 26th, 2021