The Wonder Years
The Wonder Years
The Wonder Years
The Wonder Years
The Wonder Years
The Wonder Years
The Wonder Years
The Wonder Years
The Wonder Years
The Wonder Years & Rachel Minton
The Wonder Years
The Wonder Years & & & Nik Bruzzese & Jamie Rhoden & Matt Arsenault & Dave Mackinder & Shane Henderson
The Wonder Years
The Wonder Years
The Wonder Years
The Wonder Years
The 3rd track on The Upsides gets into the grittier specifics about depression, trying to stay positive, and realizing it’s not as bad as one thinks it is.
[Verse 1]
I woke up today
And put all my shit in boxes
It's 8 AM so I'm glad I wasn't out late
And I woke up today
Guess it's good I hadn't finished
Unpacking all of this in the first place
[Verse 2]
Suburbs have abandoned me
I've had the same best friend since '93
I call, he's not answering (no)
I can't get comfortable on my own street
I'm not fond of South Philly
Or how my neighbors love ICP
I guess it's better than Bancroft Street
At least the fridge here works and the walls don't leak
At least I'm starting to see
What's left for me
I'm starting to
[Chorus]
We moved on again, so
I packed my shit and left home
It's alright to think I still belong to something I don't
'Cause I could see why you'd think so
[Verse 3]
Nothing made me feel further away
Than Left and Leaving through a blown car stereo
Nothing made me feel closer to home
Than Ready to Die through my headphones
So we reached the coast
But where do we sleep tonight?
Damned if I know
We'll try to stay in the airport
Can't send us home and we got no place to go
[Chorus]
We moved on again, so
I packed my shit and left home
It's alright to think I still belong to something I don't
'Cause I could see why you'd think so
'Cause I could see why you'd think so
[Bridge]
Don't say it's up to me
Don't say it's up to me
Don't say it's up to me
Don't say
Don't say
The creaks in the floorboards are calling out to me
I'm lying here again
With my head on my backpack
Wrapped in my hoodie
This is how it is when
Don't say it's up to me
Don't say
[Chorus]
We moved on again, so
I packed my shit and left home
It's alright to think I still belong to something I don't
'Cause I could see why you'd think so
We moved on again, so
I packed my shit and left home
It's alright to think I still belong to something I don't
'Cause I could see why you'd think so
[Verse 4]
I stacked Lonelier than God
Next to You Get So Alone Sometimes
I know how this must look from the outside
It took almost thirteen months
For me to be where I feel fine
I'm not as sad as I let myself believe sometimes
Everything I Own Fits in This Backpack was written by Dan Campbell.
Everything I Own Fits in This Backpack was produced by Vince Ratti.
The Wonder Years released Everything I Own Fits in This Backpack on Tue Jan 26 2010.
A lot of the year leading up to writing The Upsides left Josh [Martin, bass] and me especially feeling displaced; although I’m sure everyone in the band felt it to some extent. We were moving a lot and on tour at random intervals, so there wasn’t really a home base for a while. That’s more or less t...