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Telltale

COBAIN

Release date: 28th January 2022

From Lie Your Way Out - EP
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"COBAIN" is a track by Telltale, from the album Lie Your Way Out - EP, released 28th January 2022. Full lyrics are available below.

About the Artist

Telltale

Telltale

Lyrics

COBAIN

[Verse 1: Telltale]

Young dreamer tryna shoot for the stars

But big dreams never got him too far

Most nights sleeping out in his car

His daddy says life's not that fucking hard

Someone told him he should move out to LA

That's the place with all the fortune and the fame

Pen on paper, signed his whole life away

What a shame, such a shame that we're both the same

[Chorus: Telltale]

Oh, how could he have known

How it feels to be alone on the road

Twenty hours away from home?

[Verse 2: Honey Revenge, Honey Revenge & Telltale]

Young girl with her father's guitar

Barely old enough to step in the bar

Playing covers of The Cure and The Cars

Dramatically says she would die for the art

Pictures herself as a young Cobain

She's got a Bleach t-shirt and a beautiful brain

She's been singing just to deal with the pain

It's okay, I've been doing the same, honestly

[Chorus: Telltale]

Oh, how could he have known

How it feels to be alone on the road

Twenty hours away from home?

And oh, oh, no one ever knows

What it feels like, forty shows in a row

They're singing every note

[Bridge: Telltale & Honey Revenge]

I'm just gonna sit outside the club

'Cause I don't really want to die this young

Wearing all black with a white lighter

No, you don't want to light my fire

[Chorus: Telltale]

Oh, how could he have known

How it feels to be alone on the road

Twenty hours away from home?

And oh, oh, no one ever knows

What it feels like, forty shows in a row

They're singing every note

[Outro: Telltale]

Oh, oh, oh

Oh, oh, oh

No one ever knows

Oh, oh, oh

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Track details

From Lie Your Way Out - EP

2022
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Lie Your Way Out - EP
Lie Your Way Out - EP
Telltale
25th March 2022
Release year
2022

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    • Credits

    Production & Engineering

    Writer
    Bryce Marshall, John Carteret, Timothy Fogg, Travis Slack
    Producer
    Zach Jones
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