fear can make you compromise with the lights turned up it's hard to hide Sometimes I want to disappear

Artist- Foster the People
Song of the day- Houdini

I have been quite a fan of Foster the People and regretted not thuroughly enjoying their concert more do to the fact it was past midnight and I was struggling to hold myself on a House of Blues railing while attempting to stay awake for Lykke Li going on after at 1am. However they were quite the talk of lollapalooza and even my half conscious self could tell they put on quite the upbeat dancy show. Yet it wasn't until my friend sent me an acoustic concert they did including today's song that I was like, hold the phone, what is this voice? And who is it attached to so I may fall in love with them? Songs I had already heard and enjoyed they were able to mellow down and make me appreciate on a whole other level. This song is all about ability how fear gets in the way of it how fear can make you rely on it and how rising up to use it is what we all struggle to do as we fight the fear in using it. I've had several talks this week that reminds me of this song. How some of us feel like we don't have what it takes, how some of us are trying to figure out how to use what we know when others stand in our way. Both cases we just wanna disapear but the struggle is constantly rising above it. If you are struggling to rise, this one's for you.

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Rise above gonna start the war
Whatcha want whatcha need whatcha come here for
Well an eye for an eye and an F for fight
Takin me down is a prisoners riot

Got shackles on my words are tied
fear can make you compromise
with the lights turned up it's hard to hide
Sometimes I want to disappear

When I feel kinda bad and dont want stress
I just Pass it off on ability
Well you got whatcha want whatcha never knew
it's a Perfect gift from me to you

Yeah yeah yeah

Got shackles on my words are tied
fear can make you compromise
with the lights turned up it's hard to hide
Sometimes I want to disappear

(Raise up to your ability)
Never knew what I could find
Why couldn't you realize
I don't want to compromise

(Raise up to your ability)
Can't stand when I disappear
Running around cuz I'm filled with fear
and I can't go cuz my lifes a wreck

(Raise up to your ability)
I know that you want me
Throw me into the sea
For my ability

(Raise up to your ability)
Yeah you're undecided
Yeah I just want to leave here
but I don't wanna run away

Focus on your ability
Focus on your ability
Now focus on your ability
Focus on your ability

Then they can't get what they want to steal
Can't get what they want to steal
Then they can't get what they want to steal
Can't get what they want to steal

But he's coming for you, yeah, he's coming for you

Artist- Foster the People
Song of the day- Pumped up kicks

Today's song is what some music mags are starting to call the summer anthem. And though it is quite the catchy jam with hints of Peter, Bjorn & John all the way through it, I was more intrigued when I listened to the story within the song. A neglected and disturbed teen on a killing spree seems like an odd choice for an indie summer hit but I suppose that is what I like about the music. The ability to dance around and be entertained and then realize, awe I'm learning or am more aware of a subject matter, like i'm being tricked into growing as a human being. very smart art, you win this round. And though I'm not too terribly sure what a summer jam can really teach someone, there is something ironic and wrong and beautiful and introspective about being able to dance to such a subject matter. I think it says something about how we deal with tragedy as humans and also how we become numb or in denial about it at the same time. Perhaps this is me just trying to be too intellectual about a cool jam but just know this summer, and at lollapallooza you just might be learning something about human nature while rocking out without even realizing it, oooo the magic of music! But also what are pumped up kicks? Do I own them? Where can I buy a pair? Do they mean I'm a bad person if i wear them?...I clearly have too much time on my hands.



Robert's got a quick hand
He'll look around the room
He won't tell you his plan
He's got a rolled cigarette hanging out his mouth
He's a cowboy kid
Yeah, he found a six-shooter gun
In his dad's closet hidden in a box of fun things
And I don't even know what
But he's coming for you, yeah, he's coming for you

All the other kids with the pumped up kicks
You'd better run, better run, outrun my gun
All the other kids with the pumped up kicks
You'd better run, better run, faster than my bullet
x1

Daddy works a long day
He be coming home late, yeah, he's coming home late
And he's bringing me a surprise
Because dinner's in the kitchen and it's packed in ice
I've waited for a long time
Yeah, the slight of my hand is now a quick pull trigger
I reason with my cigarette
And say your hair's on fire
You must have lost your wits, yeah

All the other kids with the pumped up kicks
You'd better run, better run, outrun my gun
All the other kids with the pumped up kicks
You'd better run, better run, faster than my bullet
x1

All the other kids with the pumped up kicks
You'd better run, better run, outrun my gun
All the other kids with the pumped up kicks
You'd better run, better run, faster than my bullet
x3