Yearbook

Yearbook
Written by	Rob Cantor
Appears on	Songs About Girls, The Pingry EP
Sung by	Rob Cantor
Genre	Rock
Language	English
Links:	The Pingry EP (Youtube) Songs About Girls (Youtube)

Yearbook is a song by Rob Cantor and first appeared on the listedBlack EP entitled Songs About Girls, then The Pingry EP in a more fleshed out form. It's not been played live or recorded ever since.

History

Yearbook was one of Rob's earliest known songs and was originally written during his time in listedBlack. It would also be played at Tally Hall's first show at the Frieze building basement in 2002 along with a cover of Eminem's Stan. Yearbook was the first recording Tally Hall made in the attic of Joe Hawley. After this, they would go on to record Partyboobytrap and the Welcome To Tally Hall EP. This demo would surface on The Pingry EP.

Trivia

• Coz recalls the day the Pingry EP was released, at an afterparty at Andrew Horowitz's house, they teased each other for putting out a rock song with the word "idiosyncrasies" in it.

Lyrics

A picture in the yearbook staring me down
All year with this morbid infatuation
I can touch her and I hear her voice to me
It calls, and all my bravery (voice it calls to me)
Falls grounded by the thought of it all (and I'm losing bravery)
An idol in the yearbook chasing me in my head I'm mistaken
I am making her more than a person could've been
But I believe in my own lies instead of pain it's anger I feel (I believe my lies)
Because I made it unreal in my head (And I payed the price)

She is real, I am crushed
Lost up here, lost in a rush woah oh
Details are killing me and I am torn away
From all the little things she'd say

Picture in a nice frame
Real nice firewood now
More than contentment
I wish I understood now why
I'm stuck here in this place
I can't move away
She is seared, I am scarred
No matter what I say

She is real, I am crushed
Lost up here, lost in a rush woah oh
Details are killing me and I am torn away
From all the little things she'd say

All the idiosyncrasies are what everyone can not see
Should've never succeeded this far
All the idiosyncrasies are what drive me
The images distorted and scarred
Yeah

She is real, I am crushed
Lost up here, lost in a rush woah oh
Details are killing me and I am torn away
From all the little things she'd say

Tabs/Chords

Taken from a video by At Reides.

Dm                                  G
A picture in the yearbook staring me down
                    C
All year with this morbid infatuation
         A7                      Dm
I can't touch her and I hear her voice to me
            G
It calls, and all my bravery
       Am       G          F        E
Falls grounding by the thought of it all
Dm                                G                  C
Idle in a yearbook chasing me in my head I'm mistaken
                 A7                              Dm
I am making her more than a person could've been
                         G                          Am
But I believe in my own lies instead of pain its anger I feel
  G        F         E          Ab               B
Because I made it unreal in my head 

C              E7
She is real I am crushed
Am               A7               Dm
Lost up here lost in a rush of oh
             G                   E7    Am  G  F,
Details are killing me and I am torn away
              Fm
From all the little things she'd say

 Dm                              G
Picture in a nice frame, real nice firewood now
 C                             A7
More than contentment I could wish I understood now why
      Dm                        G           
I'm stuck here in this place I can’t bail away
Am                 G                  F      E           Ab               B
She is seared I am scarred No matter what I say 

C              E7
She is real I am crushed
Am               A7               Dm
Lost up here lost in a rush oh oh
             G                   E7    Am  G  F
Details are killing me and I am torn away
              Fm
From all the little things she'd say

Am          C2/B             C          Dm
All the idiosyncrasies are what everyone cannot see
E                                 F    G
Should've never succeeded this far
Am         C2/B       C        Dm
All the idiosyncrasies are what drive me
E                             F            G
You were just distorted and scarred, yeah

C               E7
She is real I am crushed
Am               A7               Dm
Lost up here lost in a rush oh oh
             G                   E7    Am  G  F
Details are killing me and I am torn away
              Fm                  C
From all the little things she'd say

Personnel

Music & Lyrics: Rob Cantor

listedBlack version

Vocals: Rob Cantor
Additional Vocals: Zubin Sedghi, Zach Krasman
Acoustic Guitar: Rob Cantor

The Pingry EP
	1. The Bidding 2. Taken For A Ride (acoustic) 3. Be Born (acoustic) 4. The Whole World And You (acoustic) 5. All Of My Friends (acoustic) 6. Good Day (Mitch Albom excerpt) 7. Yearbook (demo) 8. Just a Friend (live) 9. Cell Phone Call (hidden track)