This is a song about the fear that if you say too much on a topic (especially a personal/emotional subject) people will get weirded out and leave, but if you say too little they won’t get what you’re trying to say.
Or it might just be about youtube thumbnails.
[Chorus]
Keep it quick, say it brief
If it's fast, it will be a relief
Short on time, that's a gift
Count your seconds, and they'll catch the drift
[Verse 1]
Disparate parts, desperate hearts
Pulled through a sieve
Hand me a chart, so I know how to start to say
"This is all I can give"
To summarize seems incomplete
How novel is a novel that can fit on one sheet
It seems that I'm destined to fail
To compress myself to the size of a thumbnail
[Chorus]
Keep it quick, say it brief
If it's fast, it will be a relief
Short on time, that's a gift
Count your seconds, and they'll catch the drift
[Post-Chorus]
Na na na, na na, they'll catch the drift
Na na na, na na, they'll catch the drift
Na na na, na na, they'll catch the drift
Na na na, na na, they'll catch the
[Verse 2]
Don't like what's revealed here
When your depth of field's near, it's hard to come close
Chip stones from the boulder
Suddenly, my vulnerability shows
Oh, you can crop and trim, 'till all that's left
Is the essence of a presence that is feeling bereft
Avant-garde, just the gist of a tale
That is less of an image, and more of a thumbnail
[Chorus]
Keep it quick, say it brief
If it's fast, it will be a relief
Short on time, that's a gift
Count your seconds, and they'll catch the drift
[Post-Chorus]
Na na na, na na, they'll catch the drift
Na na na, na na, they'll catch the drift
Na na na, na na, they'll catch the drift
Na na na, na na, they'll catch the drift
[Outro]
Mmm
Ooh
Thumbnail was written by Louie Zong & Brian David Gilbert.
Thumbnail was produced by Louie Zong.
Louie Zong released Thumbnail on Tue Jun 26 2018.