Demo: I Don't Wanna Live Here
Recorded in 2014; intended for "You Are Going To Hate This"; Never used.
Here is another recording from the master bathroom in my second apartment. I lived here with my brother and a couple of his friends, and it constantly smelt like beer and bong water. I recorded almost all of these harsh demos for YAGTHT in that bathroom. This song did not get used on that record and I don’t exactly remember why! Theres nothing particularly special about it, but it isn’t awful! I feel like “You or Me” filled the space that this song would have filled. It has that horribly annoying, one string lead riff and features a very basic set of lyrics I guess about not wanting to live in San Diego anymore?? Thats very odd considering I’ve always loved where I live and could probably never commit to a complete move to another city. I was probably just feeling pissy that all my friends were moving to LA. Who knows.
Here it is:
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