Fast chaotic pop-punk with skate-punk edge, 172 BPM, E major, snarky nasal male lead vocals, shout-along gang call-and-response hooks. Core instrumentation: rapid distorted power chord riffs with pick scrapes, thumping melodic bass lines, blistering drum fills with constant double kicks, a quick horn accent in the pre-chorus, soft acoustic 8-bar breakdown before the final explosive chorus. Lyrics follow a self-deprecating, playful narrative: the narrator bailed on a big final exam to skate to his crush’s house only to accidentally break her mailbox and face-plant in her front yard, balancing goofy embarrassment about his terrible impulse control with quiet, tender frustration that he always messes up when he’s trying to be cool. Warm, chaotic, cathartically silly, equal parts youthful frustration and dumb, giddy fun, in the snarky conversational tone of early New Found Glory and Sum 41.
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[Intro] [Verse] Clock is ticking on the wall I’m staring down the hall Calc three is such a bore I’m headed for the door Professor’s looking at my seat But I’m already on the street Grabbed my board and ran away I’ve got better plans today [Pre-Chorus] Wheels are spinning fast (Faster!) Hope this feeling lasts (Lasts!) I’m skating to your place Just to see your face (Pick scrape!) [Chorus] I’m a disaster on four wheels You don't know how it feels To trade a grade for a fall I’m not cool at all No, I’m not cool at all! (Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey!) [Verse] Hit the curb at ninety-nine Thought I’d be doing fine Mailbox snapped right off the post Now I’m feeling like a ghost Face-plant in the flower bed Rocks are spinning in my head You’re looking through the screen At the dumbest sight you’ve seen [Pre-Chorus] Wheels are spinning fast (Faster!) Hope this feeling lasts (Lasts!) I’m skating to your place Just to see your face (Horn blast!) [Chorus] I’m a disaster on four wheels You don't know how it feels To trade a grade for a fall I’m not cool at all No, I’m not cool at all! (Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey!) [Breakdown] I just wanted to be smooth Find a better kind of groove But I’m bleeding on your grass While I’m failing every class Maybe I should just go home Write a really crappy poem But you’re standing in the light And you’re laughing at the sight [Build-up] One, two, three, four! (Gang shout: GO!) [Chorus] I’m a disaster on four wheels You don't know how it feels To trade a grade for a fall I’m not cool at all No, I’m not cool at all! [Post-Chorus] I broke your mailbox (He broke it!) I failed my finals (He failed 'em!) I’m just a skater (A skater!) With no sense of balance Yeah, I’ve got no talent! [Outro]
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