This song was written in April 2015. I wrote this song in 15 minutes and just thought "fuck it, this song is pretty good". It was written when I read the book "Looking for Alaska" by John Green and was somewhat inspired by it. I was supposed to have drums on this song too, but now there's a candyjar on it instead! Rad, right?
lyrics
The Ends(don't justify the means)
Verse 1
Sometimes I feel like you're honest
other times it seems like you lie
sometimes it feels like it's August
but sometimes it seems like July
Things will always seem different
meanings change as you turn the book
sometimes the closest is distant
the vacant table is already booked
Chorus
But the things that we share
is just a nightmare
and it'll never turn out like my dreams
it's far from July
and no matter how I try
the ends cannot justify the means
Verse 2
Sometimes I seem like I'm honest
when I really am full of hit
Sometimes I seem like I'm modest
when I'm bragging like hell about it
People are fucked and deceptive
and they really make me sad
but it all puts me in perspective
I really can't be that bad
The ends cannot justify the means
(The means just can't justify the end)
credits
from Extended Excess,
released November 17, 2016
Words and music by Read Hard
Back ups by Esban
More folk-inflected confessionals on love, loss, and anxiety — plus a Kacey Musgraves cameo —from the Nashville indie pop auteur. Bandcamp New & Notable Feb 11, 2024