In this song, Rivers sings about the joys of escapism that comes from reading a good book. However rather than consuming the book in the more traditional medium, i.e. reading it with his eyes, he is using Audible, a modern streaming audiobook service from Amazon. There are many references to books i...
[Verse 1]
I can feel my breathing, it's so nice
It's like a blanket on my life
Let me stay here for forever
In this state of classical denial
Cranking Mrs. Dalloway
Moby Dick, trip on a whale
He's kinda just like me
We're thirsty for the deep
[Chorus]
I'm gonna rock my Audible
Headphone, Grapes of Wrath
Drift off to oblivion
I just don't care, I just don't care
Rock my Audible
Headphone, Grapes of Wrath
Drift off to oblivion
You think I care, I just don't care
[Post-Chorus]
I just don't care
I'm barely there
I just don't care
[Verse 2]
Count on me to show support for
Winston Smith in 1984
'Cause battling Big Brother feels more
Meaningful than binging zombie hordes
Take me up to Neverland
Hanging with Yossarian (Yossarian)
He's kinda just like me
We fight 'til we get free
[Chorus]
I'm gonna rock my Audible
Headphone, Grapes of Wrath
Drift off to oblivion
I just don't care, I just don't care
Rock my Audible
Headphone, Grapes of Wrath
Drift off to oblivion
You think I care, I just don't care
[Post-Chorus]
I just don't care
I'm barely there
I just don't care
[Bridge]
Open ear and open mind
I can see without my eyes
Frodo jonesing for the ring
Soon I'll be there smiling
Smiling in my dreams
[Chorus]
I'm gonna rock my Audible
Headphone, Grapes of Wrath
Drift off to oblivion
I just don't care, I just don't care
Rock my Audible
Headphone, Grapes of Wrath
Drift off to oblivion
You think I care, I just don't care
[Post-Chorus]
I just don't care
I'm barely there
I just don't care
Grapes of Wrath was written by Rivers Cuomo.
Grapes of Wrath was produced by Jake Sinclair.
Weezer released Grapes of Wrath on Fri Jan 29 2021.
One night a few years ago I woke up in the middle of the night and I couldn’t get back to sleep, so I decided to listen to an audiobook on Audible. I did that from time to time anyway, but this was the first time I did it in the middle of the night. I stayed up for a couple hours, just listening and...