I’m About To Write Some Bad Lyrics: Part 1 — Bad Lyrics
Hey there! It’s been a while! Where have I been? Oh you know, just watching the world burn for the past couple of years.
Anyways, it’s good to be back!
Comedy is dead so I have pivoted back to my first love of music and I have a new album coming out on January 7, 2022, called Homemade Nonsense.
The album was written, recorded, and produced entirely in my DIY bedroom studio. I thought it would be fun to share the lyrics to the 10 new songs I wrote for this thing. If the lyrics strike your fancy, I’d love it if you considered pre-ordering my album on Bandcamp or iTunes or pre-save it to your Spotify account!
Alright, let’s get into the first track on the album, the aptly named “Bad Lyrics”. It’s a song about how stupid I feel whenever I try to write sincere lyrics to my songs. Those comedy instincts don’t go away so you’ll notice that a lot of my music uses humor to mask how I really feel. It’s totally healthy!
Bad Lyrics
Sitting by the river
Thinking about the days gone by
And an old lover who got away
How I mourn the passage of time
I feel inspired to jot it down
These feelings from deep inside
I feel the urge to express myself to all
The people far and wide
But as I start to write the lines
Suddenly I realize
That I’m about to write some bad lyrics
I’m about to write some bad lyrics
I almost shared my emotions
But remembered that expressing myself always sounds dumb
So I let those thoughts go
Phew that was close
I almost wrote some bad lyrics
Oh baby your eyes shine
Like the stars through the clouds
Can you believe I almost
Wrote that trite bullshit down
I mean who do I think I am
Opening my heart to let you see me bleed
Like some mopey college freshman
Writing some awful poetry
Art is all about taking a risk
But art is also stupid and pretentious
So I’m about to write some bad lyrics
I’m about to write some bad lyrics
Why’d I peel the layers and try to be revealing
I’ll just stuff it all down and pretend I’ve got no feelings
Can you imagine if
I really went through with it
And wasted ink and paper on those bad lyrics
I was thinking about my granddad
Who’s long since dead and gone
And wondered what he’d think of me
And what he’d say about this song
So I wrote down a conversation
That we never got to say
So that I could share his memory
With my own grandson someday
And while I searched for the words to rhyme
My grandson traveled back in time
And told me
I’m about to write some bad lyrics
I’m about to write some bad lyrics
Let me tell you now that that’s not me
I’m not the kind of guy who does sincerity
I’m sorry but nope, I’ll stick to sarcastic jokes
Cause I don’t wanna write some bad lyrics
I’m about to write some bad lyrics
We gotta stop the war!
I’m about to write some bad lyrics
I’m young and you’re young and we are all of us young
I’m about to write some bad lyrics
Baby baby sweety sweety baby sweety pie
I’m about to write some bad lyrics
A metaphor for sadness goes here
I’m about to write some bad lyrics
When in doubt just repeat the chorus twice
I’m about to write some bad lyrics
Or just keep repeating a key phrase over and over
I’m about to write some bad lyrics
Yeah like that…
Hailing from New Hampshire and living in New York City, Kevin Froleiks is a failed stand-up comedian turned failing musician. His music tends to jump from genre to genre in ways that are disorienting and hard to market effectively. He is a true DIY artist, recording and producing his music entirely in his bedroom. He is the writer and composer of the forthcoming Vampire’s Kiss: The Musical as well as the co-writer and composer of Great Frontier: A Poorly Researched Musical About Lewis And Clark which premiered at the New York Theatre Fest in the summer of 2017. His newest album, Homemade Nonsense, comes out on January 7th on Bandcamp and all streaming services.
