Alone + Easy Target Lyrics
They knew all along
They're not dumb, they were so wrong
She's not always fun
Hate it now, call when I'm done
Pieces fell in place
Puzzles suck, laugh in my face
Turn and swing the pace
I'll give this, keep the good waist
[Chorus]
Head is on, I want out
I'm alone and I'm an easy target
Metronome, I want out
I'm alone and I'm an easy target
[Verse 2]
Crazy TV dreams
Might be true, not what it seems
Food and cavities
Chewing words, tear at the seams
He don't feel so good
Don't feel bad, not that he should
I don't feel so good
Don't feel bad, not that I should
Head is on, I want out
I'm alone and I'm an easy target
Metronome, I want out
I'm alone and I'm an easy target
Head is on, I want out
I'm alone and I'm an easy target
Metronome, I want out
I'm alone and I'm an easy target
[Bridge]
Did you ever listen?
Did you ever listen?
Did you ever listen?
Get out, get out, get out
Get out, get out, get out
Get out, get out, get out
Get out, get out
[Chorus]
Head is on, I want out
I'm alone and I'm an easy target
Metronome, I want out
I'm alone and I'm an easy target
Head is on, I want out
I'm alone and I'm an easy target
Metronome, I want out
I'm alone and I'm an easy target
Did you ever listen?
Did you ever listen?
Did you ever listen?
Get out, get out, get out
Get out, get out, get out
Get out, get out, get out
Get out, get out
About
A US radio-only promo single, “Alone + Easy Target” is a good example of just how old much of the first Foo Fighters album really is. Dave wrote the song in 1991 and played an early demo for Kurt late that year, who much wanted it to be a Nirvana song to Dave’s dismay:
“Kurt was staying in a hotel in Seattle at the time, as by then he’d moved to LA,” Grohl remembers. “I’d told him I was recording and he said, ‘Oh, I wanna hear it, bring it by…’ He was sitting in the bath-tub with a Walkman on, listening to the song, and when the tape ended he took the headphones off and kissed me and said, ‘Oh, finally, now I don’t have to be the only songwriter in the band!’ I said, No, no, no, I think we’re doing just fine with your songs.
Nirvana nonetheless jammed on the song during soundchecks on their tour of Europe that year, according to an interview Dave gave to Australian radio station Triple J.
An early rendition, showing the song in fairly similar form to its final rendition two years later, would appear on the 2015 Foo Fighters EP Songs From the Laundry Room.
Q&A
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- 6.Floaty
- 8.Oh, George
- 10.X-Static
- 11.Wattershed
- 12.Exhausted