The Verve Pipe
The Verve Pipe
The Verve Pipe
The Verve Pipe
The Verve Pipe
The Verve Pipe
The Verve Pipe
The Verve Pipe
The Verve Pipe
The Verve Pipe
This sleeper hit by The Verve Pipe was recorded in 1992 acoustically, then re-released as a hit single in 1996. It is considered by many to be the band’s trademark song.
The truthfulness of the lyrics has been debated for a while, due in large part to the fact that the band members have changed the...
[Verse 1]
When I was young, I knew everything
And she, a punk who rarely ever took advice
Now I'm guilt-stricken, sobbin', with my head on the floor
Stopped a baby's breath and a shoe full of rice, no
[Pre-Chorus]
Can't be held responsible
'Cause was touching her face
I won't be held responsible
She fell in love in the first place
[Chorus]
For the life of me, I cannot remember
What made us think that we were wise and we'd never compromise
For the life of me, I cannot believe
We'd ever die for these sins, we were merely freshmen
[Verse 2]
My best friend took a week's vacation to forget her
His girl took a week's worth of Valium and slept
And now he's guilt-stricken, sobbin', with his head on the floor
Thinks about her now and how he never really wept, he said
[Pre-Chorus]
"Can't be held responsible
'Cause she was touching her face
I won't be held responsible
She fell in love in the first place"
[Chorus]
For the life of me, I cannot remember
What made us think that we were wise and we'd never compromise
For the life of me, I cannot believe
We'd ever die for these sins, we were merely freshmen
[Post-Chorus]
Hey-yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Hey-yeah
Hey-yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
[Verse 3]
We tried to wash our hands of all of this
We'd never talk of our lacking relationships
And how we're guilt-stricken, sobbin', with our heads on the floor
We fell through the ice when we tried not to slip, we'd say
[Pre-Chorus]
"Can't be held responsible
'Cause she was touching her face
And I won't be held responsible
She fell in love in the first place"
[Chorus]
For the life of me, I cannot remember
What made us think that we were wise and we'd never compromise
For the life of me, I cannot believe
We'd ever die for these sins, we were merely freshmen
For the life of me, I cannot remember
What made us think that we were wise and we'd never compromise
For the life of me, I cannot believe
We'd ever die for these sins, we were merely freshmen
[Outro]
We were merely freshmen
We were only freshmen
The Freshmen was written by Brian Vander Ark & Donny Brown.
The Freshmen was produced by Jack Joseph Puig & Jerry Harrison & Donny Brown.
The Verve Pipe released The Freshmen on Thu Nov 19 1992.