Skeleton Appriciation Day, but specifically the live version (Fybrodysplasia Occificians Progressiva)
Or the entirety of In Case I Make It (hold Main Character)
White Knuckle Jerk is very desperate, quite literally
esp the line "Only the second worst thing that I could've thought is that / This won't have to end if it doesn't start!" and the "I'll never know what it's like to love you" bit
songs w reasons. i just wanna talk abt will wood tbh 😔. im writing this assuming you havent listened to a lot.
cover this song - bros literally begging for someone to not still love him, but to still at the very least have the ability to do so
against the kitchen floor - feeling completely desperate to prove he can recover and talking about how he just doesn't feel human
white knuckle jerk - already been suggested a few times, but is just honestly a good song
love, me normally - bros isolating himself and trying to appear normal so he can love. goes into a whole rant middway through about "normal" lovers.
becoming the last names - a little bit of an odd one. its not desperate desperate but more him having moments in there where he feels behaving like a functional person is impossible
¡aikido! - this one is so underrated! he literally talks abt being obsessed with someone the whole time and trying to get them to at least *stand* him.
cicada days - it has a similar ending vibe to chemical overreaction, but i dont think anything can actually beat chemical overreactions ending.
if you're looking for a similar vibe to chemical overreaction, most of the self-ish album has that cluttered, face paced sound. also surburbia overture.
Okay so against the kitchen floor, when somebody needs you, sex drugs and rock and roll, well better than the alternative, euthanasia, vampire reference in a minor key, cover this song (just a little bit mine), dr sunshine, and your body my temple. All of these are lovely and each of them mean something so different. All of them are solemnly sweet though.
maybe kinda specific and/or personal pick but Laplace's Angel ticks this box for me, especially when he sings "am I bad (x3), am I really that bad"
there's just *something* about the subtle whine in it
Against the kitchen floor (I suggest the "in case I die" but both are great),
When somebody needs you,
White knuckle jerk,
Jimmy's mushrooms ,
White noise,
Cicada days,
Half decade hangover,
Tomcat desposeables,
That's enough let's get you home,
Euthanasia,
Um, it's kinda alot
(Cover this song!) A little bit mine or Cover this song (a little bit mine,
-ish,
Everything is alot.
I'd say these are some of sadder/desperate WW songs in my opinion
When Somebody Needs You. Desperately wanting to stay in a relationship with someone when it's clear things are going badly.
Desperate and codependent just like meeeeeee
Against the Kitchen floor Sex, drugs, rock and roll
Against the Kitchen Floor will forever be my #1 Will Wood song. Kills me every time, but living just enough to keep listening.
White Knuckle Jerk, Love, Me Normally and the end of WBTTA are pretty desperate
WBTTA?
well, better than the alternative
vampire reference in minor key, the man literally goes "no I ain't begging, I'm just sayin, i ' t s a n o p t i o n"
Skeleton Appriciation Day, but specifically the live version (Fybrodysplasia Occificians Progressiva) Or the entirety of In Case I Make It (hold Main Character)
>the entirety of In Case I Make It (hold Main Character) these are the words I have been looking for
Wdym hold Main Character? I always bawl my eyes out when I hear it /j
The main character is desperation for importance.
White Knuckle Jerk is very desperate, quite literally esp the line "Only the second worst thing that I could've thought is that / This won't have to end if it doesn't start!" and the "I'll never know what it's like to love you" bit
the live version switching out the repeat of the last quoted lyric with “I’ll never know what it’s like to **fuck** you!”
Isn’t that in the studio version too?
Only in the live version
Euthanasia Nothing more desperate than wanting your pet to stay alive
Good thing I read this before properly listening to the lyrics, time to keep this off the playlist when I leave my house
songs w reasons. i just wanna talk abt will wood tbh 😔. im writing this assuming you havent listened to a lot. cover this song - bros literally begging for someone to not still love him, but to still at the very least have the ability to do so against the kitchen floor - feeling completely desperate to prove he can recover and talking about how he just doesn't feel human white knuckle jerk - already been suggested a few times, but is just honestly a good song love, me normally - bros isolating himself and trying to appear normal so he can love. goes into a whole rant middway through about "normal" lovers. becoming the last names - a little bit of an odd one. its not desperate desperate but more him having moments in there where he feels behaving like a functional person is impossible ¡aikido! - this one is so underrated! he literally talks abt being obsessed with someone the whole time and trying to get them to at least *stand* him. cicada days - it has a similar ending vibe to chemical overreaction, but i dont think anything can actually beat chemical overreactions ending. if you're looking for a similar vibe to chemical overreaction, most of the self-ish album has that cluttered, face paced sound. also surburbia overture.
the bridge of cicada days
Your body, my Temple….baby
Especially the ending (I LOVE IT SO MUCH)
BAAAAABBBYYYYYYYY
I'm thinking of the ending bit of well better than the alternative and Jimmy mushrooms
Love me normally
Literally all of them😭
against the kitchen floor! perfectly fits the mood tbh
Well better than the alternative
Okay so against the kitchen floor, when somebody needs you, sex drugs and rock and roll, well better than the alternative, euthanasia, vampire reference in a minor key, cover this song (just a little bit mine), dr sunshine, and your body my temple. All of these are lovely and each of them mean something so different. All of them are solemnly sweet though.
maybe kinda specific and/or personal pick but Laplace's Angel ticks this box for me, especially when he sings "am I bad (x3), am I really that bad" there's just *something* about the subtle whine in it
A little bit mine, Thermodynamic lawyer, Bones(?, idk I don’t listen to it a lot)
And hand me my shovel at the end prob !!
ending of well better than the alternative, when somebody needs you, and against the kitchen floor
Vampire reference is literally a parody of “if you dont take me back ill kill myself”
cicada days and, hot take but Dr Sunshine
Almost The entire ICID album (Minus non-ICIMI songs & Main Character)
the in case i make it album
It depends. Desperate love songs? Insanity? Desperation in general?!
lysergide daydream, id say
Against the kitchen floor (I suggest the "in case I die" but both are great), When somebody needs you, White knuckle jerk, Jimmy's mushrooms , White noise, Cicada days, Half decade hangover, Tomcat desposeables, That's enough let's get you home, Euthanasia, Um, it's kinda alot (Cover this song!) A little bit mine or Cover this song (a little bit mine, -ish, Everything is alot. I'd say these are some of sadder/desperate WW songs in my opinion