A Flat Tire Is Nothing To Worry About
Released 2024-07-22.
Written after a night with my dad & his friends in Sichuan where (a) they got dead drunk, and (b) I busted a tire on the way out of the parking lot.
Inspirations
This song draws inspirations heavily from Radiohead.
- Pyramid Song: hybrid swung time signature
- A Wolf At The Door: swung rap
- You And Whose Army?: piano
- Life In A Glasshouse: jazz
- A Reminder: transport announcement sample
Samples
All recorded myself.
- Airport noises: PVG
- Water noises: Kangding
Gear
- Mic: Shure PGA48
- Interface: Behringer UMC22
- Keyboard: AKAI MPK mini play
- Headphones: audio-technica ATH-M20x
- DAW: Ardour
Lyrics
[verse 1]
Forget it, you're not gonna remember it sober
Hit the gas, all the muddy zigzag mountain roads
You make me feel i'm unworthy of all I have
There's a spike on the curb, and the tire is now flat
Take it easy, I hold a bag just in case
Wine in the face, and shards in the bin please
Make no mistake, ungrateful bastard I ain't no
the road is sinking, sinking foundation level
[chorus 1]
I may be bit too young
I may be bit naïve
You did all this just for
Did all this just for me
Might be a nice time to stop
Might be a nice time to stop
If only you knew, knew your limits
If only you knew, knew your limits
[verse 2]
So forget it, you don't wanna remember it sober
Unproven claims, against regurgitated fodder
And I wish you were yourself, once in a while, without your
Hyperbolic friends, you don't have to play this game
If your liver's out there, crying "somebody help"
And you trust your son to pull the giant SUV out
You make me feel it's not that big a deal, spare, on the hatch
They ended up insiding-out the wheel, there, with a patch
[chorus 2]
I may be bit too young
I may be bit naïve
You did all this just for
Did all this just for me
If only you knew, knew your limits
If only you knew, knew your limits
I wouldn't kneel on, on the floor to
Watch you puke over the carpet
Trivia
The "puke over the carpet" line did not actually happen that night. It was a completely separate incident weeks prior in Shanghai.