Five Minutes from Transitions by Sockpuppet
It was August 2004. I had just moved to New York City in July, and I had dreams of establishing myself as a musician and also finally transitioning and being able to be myself.
Turns out that "myself" is still just super introverted and socially anxious, and places like New York wear me down faster than they build me up.
Anyway the bit about "start a new family" was inspired by a stupid cishet-normative ad for life insurance that was plastered all over the subway at the time, about a mediocre man wanting to start a family and have two kids. In my take on it in the lyrics I never actually specify which part of the family I'd be taking, and I like to think that I'm just some sort of random factor that leads to a family being started without any continuing involvement of my own. Or maybe I'm the family pet. Who knows. This song is about random nerve firings that were going through my brain while sitting lonely on the subway and feeling isolated, and not about my actual aspirations.
This song always sort of felt like it would be the pivotal moment in a semi-fictional musical about my life, and I guess that in the end, that's kind of what this album as a whole is.
This song would also be the second-to-last Song Fight! song I entered under the "band" name "fluffy porcupine."
New York was, also, not the place for me, and a few months after first recording Run Faster (which was about my job situation in New York), I would end up moving to Seattle, and it was time to reinvent myself again. I experimented with a few different band names before finally settling on "Sockpuppet," a reference to how many other names I'd been operating under, and how I am one person presenting myself as an entire ensemble.
In effect, this song marked the ending of one chapter in my life, and the beginning of the next. But my story is still being written, at least for now.
Tracklist
| 10. | Five Minutes | 2:45 |
Lyrics
Just like in a picture show
I know where I want to go
This is not the place for me
And I'm moving on
There are people that I know
In the place I want to go
I can be what I wanna be
I hope I'm not wrong
I think it's time for me to get my five minutes of fame
When I get there everybody will be so glad that I came
It won't be so long before everyone knows my name
Without a doubt we'll talk about the
Things I never ever thought I'd
Find someone to talk to about
Just like in a picture show
I know where I'm gonna go
This just seems so right for me
It's like I'm already gone
All the people that I know
Tell me where I need to go
In a day or two or three
Nothing will be wrong
I think it's time to start again with a brand new life
Leave behind some of a past that has been filled with strife
Start a new family, two kids, a husband, and a wife
I sold my car I'm going far to
Start again beginning friendship
With five minutes left to the end
Just like in a picture show
I know where I'm gonna go
This is not the place for me
Goodbye, and so long
Credits
License
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There are so many people in this band! You wouldn't believe how many if we told you. That's why we always have so many different styles and genres of music.
Try to figure out who is who!
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