Cheekface - "Listen to your Heart." "No."

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🗓️ 31 March 2021

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Cheekface - "Listen to your Heart.” "No." from the 2021 album Emphatically No. on New Professor Music.

L.A.-based trio Cheekface bring their signature sense of humor to their sophomore release Emphatically No., out now via New Professor.

Today's Song of the Day challenges the toxic positivity of self-help. "This is obviously a song about the negative messages your brain sends to you when you are suffering with a mental illness," guitarist/vocalist Greg Katz told Flood Magazine. His songwriting partner/bassist/vocalist Amanda Tannen added, "I remember while writing this one I was getting more comfortable with saying 'no' in general. But also feeling judged by so-called 'self-help' fads. You can say 'no' to anything supposedly good for you, or bad, reminding myself that only I can make that decision for myself."

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0:00.0	I'm pulling weeds, the weeds are just a martapé My canvas for anxiety, I think you could
0:08.4	fall on that grenade It's your internship and there's no pay
0:15.1	No room for cream, no room for error or for doubt No holier than the or thou, maybe
0:21.8	light snacks are all you need A giant pretzel could make you feel better
0:28.5	For all the dance I left in spite of myself Was side of bread, this is side with the
0:33.6	butter on it Listen to your heart, keep on keeping on Just say no to drugs
0:39.8	Eat a healthy lunch, drive side the line Hey you're parking tickets, I won't get
0:45.9	one free, turn the other cheek Now, just because it's funny doesn't make any
0:50.7	joke Now stop any taking and take me to go bowl Use it till it's gone, keep on keeping
0:57.9	on Or step through the cart, listen to your heart My hall of fame and panic is the
1:05.5	sport I play We always play on Saturday, you and I
1:09.5	both in uniform Wherever we go, we take our big ass holding chairs
1:16.3	It's a fantastic way to build a monument A monument to out of them
1:22.7	Three-legged dogs don't seem to mind Take a good idea and do it too much
1:29.7	More of the dance I left in spite of myself Was side of bread, this is side with the
1:34.9	butter on it Listen to your heart, keep on keeping on Just say no to drugs
1:41.2	Eat a healthy lunch, drive side the line Hey you're parking tickets, I won't get
1:46.9	one free, turn the other cheek Now, just because it's funny doesn't make any
1:52.0	joke Now stop any taking and take me to go bowl Use it till it's gone, keep on
1:58.8	keeping on Or step through the cart, listen to your heart
2:03.0	Listen to your heart, listen to your heart
2:18.0	Listen to your heart
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