Double A-Sides
A Double A-side single gives equal billing to both songs, rather than treating one as the main or “plug” track and the other as the backup. It’s a declaration that either side could carry the record, a two-headed little jukebox beast. No throwaway, no lesser sibling, just two strong songs sharing the spotlight. Click the power knob below to listen.
Loose Ends
Wait a minute won’t you please
We haven’t finished settling scores
Before you walk outside that door
You better get back on your knees
Pay no mind to common complainers
It’s all a mess, the stress, the quest
Collecting all the outstanding debts
Don’t forget to carry the damn remainders
We’re all left to tie up all these
Loose ends (loose ends)
Seems like we’re always left
Just tying up these reckless loose ends
I made a promise when we started
Though it may seem like just a trifle
To eye the scope and point the rifle
Gather the shells and salute the departed
We’re all left to tie up all these
Loose ends (loose ends)
Seems like we’re always left just
Tying up these senseless loose ends
He left behind all of his notes in scattered papers
(can’t solve the caper)
We always leave the rest ’til later
Wrestling all the alligators
Getting cold on the dumb waiter
My OCD is just another in a long, long line of constant haters
A folded flag sits on the mantle
The funeral director pulled me aside
Before we take this one last ride
There’s one more expense the family must handle
We’re all left to tie up all these
Loose ends (loose ends)
Seems like we’re always left
Just tying up these endless loose ends
Tie them up all neat and tight
Loose ends (loose ends)
Lifetimes of hardly half done right
Loose ends (loose ends)
Let’s let tomorrow fight this fight
Loose ends (loose ends)
We’ll have more time (at least we might)
Loose ends (loose ends)
It’s All Gonna Backfire
The best laid plans of boys and men
Can’t always plan for what comes down next
Life’s a brittle mess of cobwebbed schemes
Patchwork days in diaries
The smartest people in the room
Frolicking up there on the moon
We watched it all in black and white
But now we doubt what’s wrong is right
That’s what it all comes down to bro
It’s not what you do, but who you know
But even then you can’t control
When it’s all gonna backfire
It’s all gonna backfire
On me and you
Our children too
It’s all gonna backfire
Well I got you and you got me
Let’s agree to disagree
On how to face this circumstance
On who will lead this awkward dance
That’s what it all comes down to bro
It’s not what you do, but who you know
But even then you can’t control
When it’s all gonna backfire
It’s all gonna backfire
On me and you
Our children too
It’s all gonna backfire
Red-handed fools avoiding gazes
Furtive eyes won’t show their faces
Or face the fact it’s all a lie
Even the aliens don’t know why
The best laid plans of boys and men
Can’t always plan for what comes down next
Watch your step, avoid that crack
Or you will break your poor, poor mother’s back
That’s what it all comes down to bro
It’s not what you do, but who you know
But even then you can’t control
When it’s all gonna backfire
It’s all gonna backfire
On me and you
Our children too
It’s all gonna backfire
It’s all gonna backfire (no matter what we do or say)
It’s all gonna backfire …