pessimist original pitch

The Kid Laroi, Glaive Off the lot HQ

Quadeca - Back By Popular Demand

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throwaway off 08
mainly not going on ep cuz stole that line from cope

prod. me
mix. me

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heartthrob

a lot of the lyrics from these demos got shuffled around until they found their homes. i wrote all three versions of this song in the same day and picked my favorite version two years later while finishing the record. it wound up being the simplest version in the end, but i think these two versions elaborate a little more on the story. that might be why i avoided them, thinking they were too on the nose idk. i like all three versions a lot. 

lyrics:

18
what now
shoot me down, i’m wide open 
looking for answers
in the county police scanner
and there goes one more of your friends
all grown up
graduate
from green to white and white to the grave
we’ll be fine
lock ourselves inside
and blame this on what someone else did
on something we saw back when we were kids
on anything we don’t mind losing

you ain’t scared of no knock on the door
it’s what’s on this side you find frightening 
no, you ain’t scared but you still make sure you lock the door
before you come back to bed with me

all my gods are dead
from things i thought looked cool
but cool is only cool until you’re gone
you are going to do
what you were always going to
but did you have to egg the needle on
dark house and covered windows
not everything is something i should know
it’s you and me here, left out of the fold
i’ll still love you when your body’s cold 

you ain’t scared of no knock on the door
it’s what’s on this side you find frightening 
no, you ain’t scared but you still make sure you lock the door
before you come back to bed with me
just come back to bed with me
just come back to bed with me


a knock at the door (demo I)

tempest (short demo)

Headbanger

TURN UP OR DIE '26 LIVE EDIT

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i hope u likey

(hook)
im rude 2 everyone
thats how i am
thats how ill stay :)
and im a prick because its fun
because i can
and thats ok
they only call me when they're gone
all turning dumb
all turning fade
so i hope you choke on your own tounge
and fucking die
just suffocate 
... im a pessimist

(verse)
and its hard 2 hide
so i hardly try
yes i wonder why
that i try 2 lie
about the way i feel
about the way i feel
about the way i feel
about the way i 

(bridge)
pretend 2 care at all
pretend 2 care at all
pretend 2 care at all
i dont care. at all.

(hook)
im rude 2 everyone
thats how i am
thats how ill stay :)
and im a prick because its fun
because i can
and thats ok
they only call me when they're gone
all turning dumb
all turning fade
so i hope you choke on your own tounge
and fucking die
just suffocate 
... im a pessimist

INSTRUMENTAL BREAK !!!!!!! OMG GUITARS!!!!!!!

(bridge)
pretend 2 care at all
pretend 2 care at all
pretend 2 care at all
i dont care. at all.

(hook)
im rude 2 everyone
thats how i am
thats how ill stay :)
and im a prick because its fun
because i can
and thats ok
they only call me when they're gone
all turning dumb
all turning fade
so i hope you choke on your own tounge
and fucking die
just suffocate 
... im a pessimist

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