Yearbook
Yearbook | |
Written by | Rob Cantor |
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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
Albums
The Bidding · Taken For A Ride (acoustic) · Be Born (acoustic) · The Whole World And You (acoustic) · All Of My Friends (acoustic) · Good Day (Mitch Albom excerpt) · Yearbook (demo) · Just a Friend (live) · Cell Phone Call (hidden track)