This Vacation Lyrics
I left a notion of his pride
Don't buy a sympathetic eye
Sick of the salt, I want some pepper
Sunburns and cotton mouth I fight, to say the least
[Pre-Chorus]
Don't treat me like an answer
I'm not the [?], erased mistakes
Don't call me an answer
I don't wanna play
[Chorus]
This vacation needs to end, before I'm gone
This vacation keeps my life from feeling fun
This vacation has me hiding from the sun
I'm taking a time out, so I can pretend to still feel young
[Verse 2]
I missed a call from old boss
You bound it [?] from fear of loss
I'm seasick and full of bricks
Someone pull me out from this flight
[Pre-Chorus]
This vacation needs to end, before I'm, before I'm
This vacation needs to end
Don't treat me like an answer
I'm not the [?], erase mistakes
Don't call me an answer
I don't wanna play
Oh, ya, ya, ya, ya, oh
Oh, ya, ya, ya, ya, oh
Oh, ya, ya, ya, ya, o-oh
Oh, ya, ya, ya, ya, oh
[Bridge]
Saw you standing on the tracks
You know I never want that, but I'll never come back
Saw you standing on the tracks
I saw you sad and trapped
I'm drifting further from the water
But you keep on coming for my daddy's daughter
[Chorus]
This vacation needs to end, before I'm gone
This vacation keeps my life from feeling fun
This vacation has me hiding from the sun
This vacation needs to think about what it's done
I'm taking a time out, so I can pretend to still feel young
I'm taking a time out, so I can pretend to still feel young
I'm taking a time out, so I can pretend to still feel young
About
Kelli Mayo: “The premise of this song is being stuck on a never ending ‘vacation’ that is all work and no play, and keeps you from the work you love and living your real life. I’ve liked a few people who have tried to frame me being on tour as some tragic thing, because I’m being ripped away from them. But it’s just not true, because I love touring. It’s the time of my life and it’s one of the only times I feel like I know who to be and what to do. So I guess the message is watch out for people who tell you to fix what isn’t broken, who tell you you have it harder than you do, and try to make your fun happy place feel like work! It’s so easy to romanticise how hard you have it and talk about ‘if onlys’… I’m just kinda sick of it. I wanna feel great about the great things around me. I wanted it to sound like Queens Of The Stone Age. Brad nailed the production on it.”
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Kelli Mayo:
The premise of this song is being stuck on a never ending ‘vacation’ that is all work and no play, and keeps you from the work you love and living your real life. I’ve liked a few people who have tried to frame me being on tour as some tragic thing, because I’m being ripped away from them. But it’s just not true, because I love touring. It’s the time of my life and it’s one of the only times I feel like I know who to be and what to do. So I guess the message is watch out for people who tell you to fix what isn’t broken, who tell you you have it harder than you do, and try to make your fun happy place feel like work! It’s so easy to romanticise how hard you have it and talk about ‘if onlys’… I’m just kinda sick of it. I wanna feel great about the great things around me. I wanted it to sound like Queens Of The Stone Age. Brad nailed the production on it.”
