“A Check for Daniel” is the closing track from Ra Ra Riot’s fifth studio album Superbloom. According to the band, the song is about “runaway rent prices in New York.”
The song was part of Ra Ra Riot’s 2019 fall headlining tour, used as the final encore. Frontman Wes Miles described the song in an...
[Verse 1]
Hey you (Hey), what did you do?
I'm waiting by the door like a dog
Wondering if you
Would come back to me
Where did you go? I'm here all alone
I'd really like you ring you
But I'm having trouble finding my phone
And that's why
[Chorus]
(I can't forget) A check for Daniel
(I must get) A check for Daniel
(I can't forget) A check for Daniel
[Verse 2]
The light's broke, the stairs are a joke
The ceiling's always leaking
And the kitchen's always filling up with smoke (Aw man)
Come back to me
I hate to get this feeling I get
I'd really love to stay here
But I'm having trouble paying my rent
And that's why
[Chorus]
(I can't forget) A check for Daniel
(I must get) A check for Daniel
(I can't forget) A check for Daniel
Because I really, really, really want to go home
[Chorus]
(I can't forget) A check for Daniel
(I must get) A check for Daniel
(I can't forget) A check for Daniel
(I can't forget) A check for Daniel
(I must get) A check for Daniel
(I can't forget) A check for Daniel
Because I really, really, really want to go home
Because I really, really, really want to go home
I really, really, really, really, really, really want to go
[Outro]
Whoa
Baby, come back to me
Oh, I want to go
Whoa
A Check for Daniel was written by Mathieu Santos.
A Check for Daniel was produced by Kenny Bernard & Milo Bonacci & Mathieu Santos & Rebecca Zeller & Wes Miles.
Ra Ra Riot released A Check for Daniel on Fri Aug 09 2019.
According to a tweet from the official band account, Daniel was Mathieu Santos' roommate who delivered the rent checks to their landlord.