This is the second track from the debut album by Switchfoot entitled, The Legend of Chin released in 1997. It is a song concerning the apathy that consumed most American teenagers in the 1990s. Foreman doesn’t take the traditional songwriter route of siding with his own generation in this one. He po...
[Verse 1]
Nothing but a chemical in my head
It's nothing but laziness
'Cause I don't wanna read the book
I'll watch the movie
'Cause it's not me
I'm just like everybody else my age
I think I'd rather play around
And I think I'd rather watch TV
'Cause I don't wanna face my fears
I'll watch the movie
'Cause it's not me
I'm just like everybody else (I'm just like everybody else)
I'm just like everybody else
[Chorus]
Because
I don't wanna be here
I don't wanna see this now
It's all wrong but it's
Alright
And I don't wanna be here
I don't wanna study now
It's all wrong but it's alright
[Verse 2]
And I don't know what love is
And I don't know who I am
And if I ever wanna find out
I'll watch the movie
'Cause it's not me
I'm just like everybody else my age
I don't wanna change the world
And I don't wanna be someone
And I don't wanna write the book
I'll make the movie
'Cause it's not me
I'm just like everybody else (I'm just like everybody else)
I'm just like everybody else
[Chorus]
I don't wanna be here
I don't wanna see this now
It's all wrong but it's
Alright
And I don't wanna be here
I don't wanna study now
It's all wrong but it's alright
It's alright
Chem 6A was written by Jon Foreman.
Chem 6A was produced by Jimmie Lee Sloas.
Switchfoot released Chem 6A on Tue Jun 17 1997.