Knuckle Puck heavily references their hometown roots in this song. The title comes a the Oak Street in downtown Chicago on which the Oak Street Beach lies. They also reference the New Buffalo Beach in Michigan which lies across Lake Michigan.
Another vindictive “stolen youth” pop-punk anthem which...
[Verse 1]
Should I let the words flow from my mouth?
Right down your street (While you're still home)
I hope you'll hear me
'Cause if I feel this low again, I'll scrape the deep end
But maybe then I'll stop pretending
Yeah, maybe then I'll stop pretending
[Chorus]
That things just felt so cancerous for a while
I'm in the in-between
Like New Buffalo and Oak Street
I hope the thought of me keeps you away from the beach
'Cause I don't care if you can't sleep
No, I don't care if you can't sleep
Don't think I care if you can't sleep
[Verse 2]
Stay away from the lake
'Cause if you see me, I'll be skipping memories
I swore I'd keep with me
In constant hopes that they'll erode
Just like the glass we'd take home
Left to rot in a window well
They're left to rot in your window well
[Chorus]
So things just felt so cancerous for a while
I'm in the in-between
Like New Buffalo and Oak Street
I hope the thought of me keeps you away from the beach
'Cause I don't care if you can't sleep
No, I don't care if you can't sleep
[Outro]
When I close my eyes, I feel your summer skin
It pulls me apart and rips me open
When I close my eyes, I feel the warmth of the sun
It takes me back where I was where my youth was stolen
When I close my eyes, I feel your summer skin
It pulls me apart and rips me open
When I close my eyes, I feel the warmth of the sun
It takes me back where I was where my youth was stolen
Oak Street was written by Nick Casasanto & Kevin Maida & John Siorek & Joe Taylor.
Oak Street was produced by Seth Henderson.
Knuckle Puck released Oak Street on Tue Oct 28 2014.