[Verse 1:]
I woke up on Champs-Élysées to the Djembe of Ghana
A fine lady from Belize said "You got the spirit of a Fela"
A young one dripping make-up put her hands out to holla
And I gave her what I got but couldn't handle her broken heart
The right words in the hands of dissidents with the fire
Will rip apart the marrow from the bone of the liars
Well I'm afraid of saying too much and ending a martyr
But even more so I'm afraid to face god and say I was a coward, yeah
[Chorus:]
Will all these things I wait for revelation
These things make me want to duck for cover
With all these things I wait for revolution
These things ask the biggest question to me
And it's are you what you want to be
So are you what you want to be?
[Verse 2:]
The war machines will put out both its hands for a dollar
It's drinking at the table with the chrome hand guerrillas
The young ones dripping make-up lift her leg up to holla
Well, I told her what she's got should be protected in the arms of love
The right things in the hands of dissidents with the fire
Will rip apart the marrow from the bone of the liars
Well I'm afraid of saying too much and ending a martyr
But even more so I'm afraid to face god and say I was a coward
[Chorus]
[Outro:]
Are you what you want to be
So are you what you want to be? [x3]
Foster The People - Supermodel Album Lyrics
Foster The People - Supermodel Lyrics
Writer: GREG KURSTIN, MARK FOSTER
Copyright: Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, SMIMS COFFEE AND TEA MUSIC PUB
Copyright: Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, SMIMS COFFEE AND TEA MUSIC PUB
Ask Yourself
Well I've tried to live like the way that you wanted me to.
Never needed the proof, just followed the rules.
I pick up all the pieces and I move my feet as fast as I can.
I'm always falling behind, just float in the lines.
You want more and ambition's taken its toll on you.
Well hey your confidence is fading with your youth.
And you say that dreamers always get what they desire.
Well I've found, the more I want the less I've got.
Is this the life you've been waiting for?
Or are you hoping that you'll be where you want with a little more?
You're coughing blood again.
I know because I clean up the mess every now and then.
Fold the line along the seam.
Force a smile and never say what you mean.
You're in the promised land in someone else's dream.
If you want more and you'll get there.
Throw a quarter in the well.
It's okay, you're fine, ambition's not a crime.
And you say that dreamers always get what they desire.
Well I've found, that the more I want the less I've got.
Is this the life you've been waiting for.
Or are you hoping that you'll be where you want with a little more?
Well ask yourself.
Is this the life you've been waiting for, well ask yourself.
Is this the life you've been waiting for, well ask yourself.
Is this the life you've been waiting for, you hoping that you'll be where you want with a little more. Well ask yourself.
Is this the life you've been waiting for, you hoping that you'll be where you want with a little more. Well ask yourself.
Never needed the proof, just followed the rules.
I pick up all the pieces and I move my feet as fast as I can.
I'm always falling behind, just float in the lines.
You want more and ambition's taken its toll on you.
Well hey your confidence is fading with your youth.
And you say that dreamers always get what they desire.
Well I've found, the more I want the less I've got.
Is this the life you've been waiting for?
Or are you hoping that you'll be where you want with a little more?
You're coughing blood again.
I know because I clean up the mess every now and then.
Fold the line along the seam.
Force a smile and never say what you mean.
You're in the promised land in someone else's dream.
If you want more and you'll get there.
Throw a quarter in the well.
It's okay, you're fine, ambition's not a crime.
And you say that dreamers always get what they desire.
Well I've found, that the more I want the less I've got.
Is this the life you've been waiting for.
Or are you hoping that you'll be where you want with a little more?
Well ask yourself.
Is this the life you've been waiting for, well ask yourself.
Is this the life you've been waiting for, well ask yourself.
Is this the life you've been waiting for, you hoping that you'll be where you want with a little more. Well ask yourself.
Is this the life you've been waiting for, you hoping that you'll be where you want with a little more. Well ask yourself.
Writer: GREG KURSTIN, MARK FOSTER
Copyright: Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, SMIMS COFFEE AND TEA MUSIC PUB
Copyright: Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, SMIMS COFFEE AND TEA MUSIC PUB
Coming Of Age
Well, I see ya standing there like a rabid dog
And you got those crying eyes
Makes me wanna surrender and wrap you in my arms
You know I try to live without regrets
I'm always moving forward and not looking back
But I tend to leave a trail of dead, while I'm moving ahead
So I'm stepping away
'Cause I got nothing to say
Feels like, feels like it's coming
It feels like, feels like
Like a coming of age
Feels like, feels like it's coming
It feels like, feels like a coming of age
And when my fear pulls me out to sea
And the stars are hidden by my pride and my enemies
I seem to hurt the people that I care the most
Just like an animal I protect my pride
When I'm too bruised to fight
And even when I'm wrong I tend to think I'm right
Well I'm bored of the game
And too tired to rage
Feels like, feels like it's coming
It feels like, feels like
Like a coming of age
Feels like, feels like it's coming
It feels like, feels like a coming of age
Feels like, feels like it's coming
It feels like, feels like
Like a coming of age
Feels like, feels like it's coming
It feels like, feels like a coming of age
Feels like, feels like it's coming
It feels like, feels like
Like a coming of age
Feels like, feels like it's coming
It feels like, feels like a coming of age
And you got those crying eyes
Makes me wanna surrender and wrap you in my arms
You know I try to live without regrets
I'm always moving forward and not looking back
But I tend to leave a trail of dead, while I'm moving ahead
So I'm stepping away
'Cause I got nothing to say
Feels like, feels like it's coming
It feels like, feels like
Like a coming of age
Feels like, feels like it's coming
It feels like, feels like a coming of age
And when my fear pulls me out to sea
And the stars are hidden by my pride and my enemies
I seem to hurt the people that I care the most
Just like an animal I protect my pride
When I'm too bruised to fight
And even when I'm wrong I tend to think I'm right
Well I'm bored of the game
And too tired to rage
Feels like, feels like it's coming
It feels like, feels like
Like a coming of age
Feels like, feels like it's coming
It feels like, feels like a coming of age
Feels like, feels like it's coming
It feels like, feels like
Like a coming of age
Feels like, feels like it's coming
It feels like, feels like a coming of age
Feels like, feels like it's coming
It feels like, feels like
Like a coming of age
Feels like, feels like it's coming
It feels like, feels like a coming of age
Writer: ISOM DAVID INNIS, JACOB FINK, MARK FOSTER, MARK ANDREW PONTIUS, PAUL EPWORTH, SEAN CIMINO
Copyright: Lyrics © DOMINO PUBLISHING COMPANY, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
Copyright: Lyrics © DOMINO PUBLISHING COMPANY, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
Nevermind
Well let's take off from the start
I know you've tried all this before
And did your best to fight the war
And break it off
But if I follow my name
I will calm you in the storm
And breathe you in when you are worn
Be still my love
Would it take a shooting star?
To show you life can bloom when somethings breaks
And when the pieces fall I'll catch them all
Never mind what you're looking for
You'll always find what you're looking for
Sometimes it's blinding in the race
But I'll be here smiling when I see your face
Never mind what you're looking for
You are gonna find what you're looking for
Sometimes it's blinding in the race
But I'll be here smiling when I see your face
Yeah it's hard to know the truth
In this post-modernist view
Where absolutes are seen as relics
And laughed out of the room
And I'm scared to say your name
I've cried wolf so many times
Cause I'm afraid of what you'd want from me
Will you find me through the grey?
Cause my mind's a minefield of the wretched
It's honestly deceptive piece
Never mind what you're looking for
You'll always find what you're looking for
Sometimes it's blinding in the race
But I'll be here smiling when I see your face
Never mind what you're looking for
You are gonna find what you're looking for
Sometimes it's blinding in the race
But I'll be here smiling when I see your face
So clap your hands and sing
Never mind what you're looking for
You'll always find what youre looking for
Never mind what you're looking for
You'll always find what youre looking for
I know you've tried all this before
And did your best to fight the war
And break it off
But if I follow my name
I will calm you in the storm
And breathe you in when you are worn
Be still my love
Would it take a shooting star?
To show you life can bloom when somethings breaks
And when the pieces fall I'll catch them all
Never mind what you're looking for
You'll always find what you're looking for
Sometimes it's blinding in the race
But I'll be here smiling when I see your face
Never mind what you're looking for
You are gonna find what you're looking for
Sometimes it's blinding in the race
But I'll be here smiling when I see your face
Yeah it's hard to know the truth
In this post-modernist view
Where absolutes are seen as relics
And laughed out of the room
And I'm scared to say your name
I've cried wolf so many times
Cause I'm afraid of what you'd want from me
Will you find me through the grey?
Cause my mind's a minefield of the wretched
It's honestly deceptive piece
Never mind what you're looking for
You'll always find what you're looking for
Sometimes it's blinding in the race
But I'll be here smiling when I see your face
Never mind what you're looking for
You are gonna find what you're looking for
Sometimes it's blinding in the race
But I'll be here smiling when I see your face
So clap your hands and sing
Never mind what you're looking for
You'll always find what youre looking for
Never mind what you're looking for
You'll always find what youre looking for
Writer: MARK FOSTER, PAUL EPWORTH
Copyright: Lyrics © EMI Music Publishing,
Copyright: Lyrics © EMI Music Publishing,
Pseudologia Fantastica
Faded and worn at the seams
A psychotropic wanderlust, sick and laughing
Their words bear their teeth into the wall
I promised I would rid the world of feral animals
See you smiling with your feet up like your hero's
You'd offer yourself to save your reputation
Strong and fearless and deprived just like your heroes
Are you sharpening your sword, well you'll fade out anyway
Why'd you say
Why'd you say that you'd come right back for my love, for my faith?
All the promises you made never realized
Why'd you say
Why'd you say that you'd come right back for my love, for my strength?
All the promises you made never realized
Fill the air with what you like
Another weekend massacre of opinion
Don't be afraid of the knife, sometimes you have
To cut the limb to survive
I see you smiling with your feet up like your heroes
You'd offer yourself to save your reputation
Strong and fearless and deprived just like your heroes
Are you sharpening your sword, well you'll bleed out anyway
Why'd you say
Why'd you say that you'd come right back for my love, for my faith?
All the promises you made never realized
Why'd you say
Why'd you say that you'd come right back for my love, for my strength?
All the promises you made never realized
You got to love the madness of the feeling
Don't have to rush the freshness of beginning
You got to get back up and face your demons
Don't ever be afraid of starting over
A psychotropic wanderlust, sick and laughing
Their words bear their teeth into the wall
I promised I would rid the world of feral animals
See you smiling with your feet up like your hero's
You'd offer yourself to save your reputation
Strong and fearless and deprived just like your heroes
Are you sharpening your sword, well you'll fade out anyway
Why'd you say
Why'd you say that you'd come right back for my love, for my faith?
All the promises you made never realized
Why'd you say
Why'd you say that you'd come right back for my love, for my strength?
All the promises you made never realized
Fill the air with what you like
Another weekend massacre of opinion
Don't be afraid of the knife, sometimes you have
To cut the limb to survive
I see you smiling with your feet up like your heroes
You'd offer yourself to save your reputation
Strong and fearless and deprived just like your heroes
Are you sharpening your sword, well you'll bleed out anyway
Why'd you say
Why'd you say that you'd come right back for my love, for my faith?
All the promises you made never realized
Why'd you say
Why'd you say that you'd come right back for my love, for my strength?
All the promises you made never realized
You got to love the madness of the feeling
Don't have to rush the freshness of beginning
You got to get back up and face your demons
Don't ever be afraid of starting over
Writer: MARK FOSTER, PAUL EPWORTH
Copyright: Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, SMIMS COFFEE AND TEA MUSIC PUB
Copyright: Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, SMIMS COFFEE AND TEA MUSIC PUB
Copyright: Lyrics © Original Writer and Publisher
Best Friend
I've been a spoken word
I've been a river bed
I've been a rabid force
And let it flow up from within
The choices that you make affect you for the rest of your life
Yeeaaaah
You can't control the wa--
You give, it takes alot
You got to sleep in your bed
And hope the words will come again
Sometimes it feels like I only dream in black and white
Because oooh
When your best friend's all strung out
You'll do everything you can
Cuz you're never gonna let it get 'em down
(When you find it all around)
Yeah you say it's what you need
And hide your eyes when you're close to me
(When u feel up in the clouds)
You ought to know
That I'm here no matter where you want to go
(In your head hanging upside-down)
Well it comes in waves but it's hardest from the start
I've been a river bed
I've tried to salt the wound
I've carried more than I can
I feel I got a lot to prove
The choices that you make affect you for the rest of you life
Yeeaaaah
You can't control the wa--
But you guess what you got
You to sleep in your bed
And hope the words will come again
Sometimes it feels like I only dream in black and white
Because oooh
When your best friend's all strung out
You'll do everything you can
Cuz you're never gonna let it get 'em down
(When you find it all around)
Yeah you say it's what you need
And hide your eyes when you're close to me
(When u feel up in the clouds)
You ought to know
That I'm here no matter where you want to go
(In your head hanging upside-down)
Well it comes in waves but it's hardest from the start
I've been a river bed
I've been a rabid force
And let it flow up from within
The choices that you make affect you for the rest of your life
Yeeaaaah
You can't control the wa--
You give, it takes alot
You got to sleep in your bed
And hope the words will come again
Sometimes it feels like I only dream in black and white
Because oooh
When your best friend's all strung out
You'll do everything you can
Cuz you're never gonna let it get 'em down
(When you find it all around)
Yeah you say it's what you need
And hide your eyes when you're close to me
(When u feel up in the clouds)
You ought to know
That I'm here no matter where you want to go
(In your head hanging upside-down)
Well it comes in waves but it's hardest from the start
I've been a river bed
I've tried to salt the wound
I've carried more than I can
I feel I got a lot to prove
The choices that you make affect you for the rest of you life
Yeeaaaah
You can't control the wa--
But you guess what you got
You to sleep in your bed
And hope the words will come again
Sometimes it feels like I only dream in black and white
Because oooh
When your best friend's all strung out
You'll do everything you can
Cuz you're never gonna let it get 'em down
(When you find it all around)
Yeah you say it's what you need
And hide your eyes when you're close to me
(When u feel up in the clouds)
You ought to know
That I'm here no matter where you want to go
(In your head hanging upside-down)
Well it comes in waves but it's hardest from the start
Writer: MARK FOSTER, ISOM INNIS
Copyright: Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, SMIMS COFFEE AND TEA MUSIC PUB
Copyright: Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, SMIMS COFFEE AND TEA MUSIC PUB
A Beginners Guide To Destroying The Moon
I can't blame you, and I can't save you
But I will try
For you and I, for you and I
I won't find out all the dirty little things that you've done
But I will try
I—I'm coming for you giants and you liars and your chariots of fire
You charmers with your anecdotes have started to show your true colors
Now I'm staring at the moon wondering why the bottom fell out
I've been searching for answers and there's questions I've found
Open your eyes and share this burden somehow
Are you ready to drink
Or are you waiting to drown?
I would break you
Before I let you fall into the blind
For you and I, for you and I
I will breathe in all the truth I can stomach
If it keeps you alive
We've changed the dreamers and the preachers and the wise men on the hill
To concrete stepping smilers terrified to lose their power and control
Yeah we've been crying for a leader to speak like the old prophets
The blood of the forgotten wasn't spilled without a purpose, or was it?
Now I'm staring at the moon wondering why the bottom fell out
I've been searching for answers and there's questions I've found
Open your eyes and share this burden somehow
Are you ready to drink
Or are you waiting to drown?
Yeah
Ah—ah
Yeah you'll never be whole, yeah you'll never be whole
Until you lose control
And think freely to smash the wall of apathy
Stop your self-importance and lift the weight off somebody else
Yeah you'll never be whole, yeah you'll never be whole
Until you lose control
And stop drinking the wine that's been dripping
From the lips of the gluttons and envying their bloody teeth
Yeah you'll never be whole, yeah you'll never be whole
Until you lose control
But I will try
For you and I, for you and I
I won't find out all the dirty little things that you've done
But I will try
I—I'm coming for you giants and you liars and your chariots of fire
You charmers with your anecdotes have started to show your true colors
Now I'm staring at the moon wondering why the bottom fell out
I've been searching for answers and there's questions I've found
Open your eyes and share this burden somehow
Are you ready to drink
Or are you waiting to drown?
I would break you
Before I let you fall into the blind
For you and I, for you and I
I will breathe in all the truth I can stomach
If it keeps you alive
We've changed the dreamers and the preachers and the wise men on the hill
To concrete stepping smilers terrified to lose their power and control
Yeah we've been crying for a leader to speak like the old prophets
The blood of the forgotten wasn't spilled without a purpose, or was it?
Now I'm staring at the moon wondering why the bottom fell out
I've been searching for answers and there's questions I've found
Open your eyes and share this burden somehow
Are you ready to drink
Or are you waiting to drown?
Yeah
Ah—ah
Yeah you'll never be whole, yeah you'll never be whole
Until you lose control
And think freely to smash the wall of apathy
Stop your self-importance and lift the weight off somebody else
Yeah you'll never be whole, yeah you'll never be whole
Until you lose control
And stop drinking the wine that's been dripping
From the lips of the gluttons and envying their bloody teeth
Yeah you'll never be whole, yeah you'll never be whole
Until you lose control
Writer: MARK FOSTER, MICHAEL VOLPE, PAUL EPWORTH, RAKIM MAYERS
Copyright: Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, SMIMS COFFEE AND TEA MUSIC PUB
Copyright: Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, SMIMS COFFEE AND TEA MUSIC PUB
Goats In Trees
Well I was caught inside the wreck never found my way out
I was filled with indifference
The animals they were getting tired so I sang
Them a song cause they promised not to take too long
Well I can't find my way back home
I'll listen to you
If you want me to but you have to share a smoke
Yeah I've been runnin' against the wind
And I can't hear the angels calling
The madness has been pulling me right back out of my stride
I feel the change in the rise and tide and blood is in the room
I buried all my wrongs there with my youth
I'm on the outside and I'm falling apart
Woohh yeah
Well please to meet you, excuse my hands
I've been bitten by an enemy that's pretended to be my friend
No I never wanted to be like them
I thought I was just too clever to be brought down to their level of misfortune shooting
I don't care now what it's worth
But if you lift this burden off my back I'll follow you to the bloody end
I've lived my life they way I want
But no one can tell me they're not afraid
Of the freedom of deliverance
Well I take it all in stride
I feel the change in the rise in tide
And someone's in the room
I buried all my guilt here with my youth
And I'm on the outside of this
This war I'm on the outside
That's a lie
I don't wanna fall apart...
Well me I've been afraid
I clawed and I fought like hell
The darkest days upon you
Well me I'm gonna stray
My blood was turned to sand
The darkest days upon you
Well me I've been afraid
The numbness was gettin' closer
The fierce days upon you
Wooh...
I was filled with indifference
The animals they were getting tired so I sang
Them a song cause they promised not to take too long
Well I can't find my way back home
I'll listen to you
If you want me to but you have to share a smoke
Yeah I've been runnin' against the wind
And I can't hear the angels calling
The madness has been pulling me right back out of my stride
I feel the change in the rise and tide and blood is in the room
I buried all my wrongs there with my youth
I'm on the outside and I'm falling apart
Woohh yeah
Well please to meet you, excuse my hands
I've been bitten by an enemy that's pretended to be my friend
No I never wanted to be like them
I thought I was just too clever to be brought down to their level of misfortune shooting
I don't care now what it's worth
But if you lift this burden off my back I'll follow you to the bloody end
I've lived my life they way I want
But no one can tell me they're not afraid
Of the freedom of deliverance
Well I take it all in stride
I feel the change in the rise in tide
And someone's in the room
I buried all my guilt here with my youth
And I'm on the outside of this
This war I'm on the outside
That's a lie
I don't wanna fall apart...
Well me I've been afraid
I clawed and I fought like hell
The darkest days upon you
Well me I'm gonna stray
My blood was turned to sand
The darkest days upon you
Well me I've been afraid
The numbness was gettin' closer
The fierce days upon you
Wooh...
Writer: MARK FOSTER, PAUL EPWORTH
Copyright: Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, SMIMS COFFEE AND TEA MUSIC PUB
Copyright: Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, SMIMS COFFEE AND TEA MUSIC PUB
The Truth
I've been trying to re-learn my name
It seems like a thousand years
I've been out of frame
And I surrender the truth is what
What I've needed from you
I've been floating within your walls of opinion
And I'm tired - I only want the truth
I have tried so hard not to be like them
I have found they don't ever say what they mean
There is a truth, there is a light if you'd follow me there
I've been searching for directions and
I'm convinced the world doesn't know what it needs
There is a hope for the hopeless, I can promise you that
Yeah, well I been accosted
The jury's been partial
But I won't surrender
To prove to you I won't lie
Under pressure of compromise
An absolute measure won't change with opinion
No matter how hard you try
It's an immovable thing
Like the visions in your bed
Or when they're streaming in your head
I have tried so hard not to be like them
I have found they don't ever say what they mean
There is a truth, there is a light if you'd follow me there
I've been searching for the directions and
I'm convinced the world doesn't know what it needs
There is a hope
I'll come back
If you're leading my hand
The world is so broken
I'm tripping my steps
I'm slipping and I know why
I never thought that I'd be here
A blinding call to prayer
Has touched my feet
Like the call of the prophets
A purpose is needed before you now that you know
To never wonder what you are
And not forget where you come from
Is it really love you've been speaking of?
What'd you say? What'd you say?
I said that you need me, don't you?
There is a truth, I can promise you that
I have tried so hard not to be like them
I have found they don't ever say what they mean
The truth stands in the end
While you're deciding what to do
The truth stands in the end
While you're deciding what to do
It seems like a thousand years
I've been out of frame
And I surrender the truth is what
What I've needed from you
I've been floating within your walls of opinion
And I'm tired - I only want the truth
I have tried so hard not to be like them
I have found they don't ever say what they mean
There is a truth, there is a light if you'd follow me there
I've been searching for directions and
I'm convinced the world doesn't know what it needs
There is a hope for the hopeless, I can promise you that
Yeah, well I been accosted
The jury's been partial
But I won't surrender
To prove to you I won't lie
Under pressure of compromise
An absolute measure won't change with opinion
No matter how hard you try
It's an immovable thing
Like the visions in your bed
Or when they're streaming in your head
I have tried so hard not to be like them
I have found they don't ever say what they mean
There is a truth, there is a light if you'd follow me there
I've been searching for the directions and
I'm convinced the world doesn't know what it needs
There is a hope
I'll come back
If you're leading my hand
The world is so broken
I'm tripping my steps
I'm slipping and I know why
I never thought that I'd be here
A blinding call to prayer
Has touched my feet
Like the call of the prophets
A purpose is needed before you now that you know
To never wonder what you are
And not forget where you come from
Is it really love you've been speaking of?
What'd you say? What'd you say?
I said that you need me, don't you?
There is a truth, I can promise you that
I have tried so hard not to be like them
I have found they don't ever say what they mean
The truth stands in the end
While you're deciding what to do
The truth stands in the end
While you're deciding what to do
Writer: MARK FOSTER, ISOM INNIS, LUCA VENTER, MATTHEW WILCOX
Copyright: Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
Copyright: Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
Fire Escape
I like to stick to walls
Deserving conversations and lifting them when they fall
I am a fire escape, my spine's made of iron
My heart pumps that old red paint
Save yourself, save yourself, yourself
Save yourself, save yourself
I see the seasons change
All the young faces come and replaces the dying marks
Sit out on Lexington and Vine
All the pimps and prostitutes wave you down at stopping signs
Save yourself, save your yourself, yourself
Save yourself, save yourself
Los Angelos I have waited for you
To pick yourself up and change
The city you live this ocean and sand
Its founded by lights and self made men
I've seen the dreamers find their legs
And I've seen the ones that come get reduced to bones and bread
I am a fire escape, my spine's made of iron
My heart pumps that old red paint
Deserving conversations and lifting them when they fall
I am a fire escape, my spine's made of iron
My heart pumps that old red paint
Save yourself, save yourself, yourself
Save yourself, save yourself
I see the seasons change
All the young faces come and replaces the dying marks
Sit out on Lexington and Vine
All the pimps and prostitutes wave you down at stopping signs
Save yourself, save your yourself, yourself
Save yourself, save yourself
Los Angelos I have waited for you
To pick yourself up and change
The city you live this ocean and sand
Its founded by lights and self made men
I've seen the dreamers find their legs
And I've seen the ones that come get reduced to bones and bread
I am a fire escape, my spine's made of iron
My heart pumps that old red paint
Writer: MARK FOSTER
Copyright: Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, SMIMS COFFEE AND TEA MUSIC PUB
Copyright: Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, SMIMS COFFEE AND TEA MUSIC PUB
Supermodel is the second studio album by American indie pop band Foster the People. The album was co-produced by their frontman Mark Foster and British musician Paul Epworth, and was released by Columbia Records on March 14, 2014 in Friday-release countries and March 18, 2014 in the United States. It is the follow-up to the band's 2011 debut album, Torches.
A concept album, Supermodel features common and heavy themes of negativity[citation needed] towards modern popular culture and consumer ideology throughout the record and its related artworks. Conceived mostly by Foster, the album deals primarily with social issues and "the ugly side of capitalism", and is described by Foster as "a conversation with God. Trying to explore who God is." Recorded and produced throughout 2012 and 2013, the album also features a minor departure from the sound of Torches, importing instruments and various sounds of different cultures of the world while retaining the "perfect pop record" sound.
The album was heavily promoted by the band and Columbia Records in the lead-up to its release, with an accompanying documentary series of the same name and a 130-foot mural painted in Los Angeles, the largest on the West Coast of the United States. The album was preceded by three singles released by Columbia in 2014: "Coming of Age" released in January 2014, "Pseudologia Fantastica" in February, and "Best Friend" in March. Upon release, Supermodel received mixed reviews from critics.
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Foster The PeopleA concept album, Supermodel features common and heavy themes of negativity[citation needed] towards modern popular culture and consumer ideology throughout the record and its related artworks. Conceived mostly by Foster, the album deals primarily with social issues and "the ugly side of capitalism", and is described by Foster as "a conversation with God. Trying to explore who God is." Recorded and produced throughout 2012 and 2013, the album also features a minor departure from the sound of Torches, importing instruments and various sounds of different cultures of the world while retaining the "perfect pop record" sound.
The album was heavily promoted by the band and Columbia Records in the lead-up to its release, with an accompanying documentary series of the same name and a 130-foot mural painted in Los Angeles, the largest on the West Coast of the United States. The album was preceded by three singles released by Columbia in 2014: "Coming of Age" released in January 2014, "Pseudologia Fantastica" in February, and "Best Friend" in March. Upon release, Supermodel received mixed reviews from critics.
Genre(s): Indie pop, alternative rock, neo-psychedelia
Producer(s): Paul Epworth, Mark Foster
Length: 47:57
Released: March 14th, 2014
Year: 2014