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The Realities of a Wasted Youth

by Brent Hood

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After reflecting back on my late teens and early 20s, I was reminded that I wasted a lot of great opportunities regarding my music and work - down to sheer fuck ups on the drink and acting irresponsibly when I was younger. This had a knock-on affect for almost the next 10 years of my life until I finally grew up, but for my mental health it was way too late. Now in my mid-30s, reality has hit me like a sledgehammer. Was it all worth it? No, was it fuck. All the pretend friends who were surrounding me when I was a laugh at parties are nowhere to be seen. Many fake mates watch from a distance whilst they ignore every thing I post online, yet still have the cheek to ask me for favors as though nothing has happened. This song wasn't written intentionally or by using my usual traditional method. I have had a hard 12 months and I've been at my lowest point. I wrote the lyrics down late one night in early November 2023, with no melody in mind and wrote it more like a poem, sitting on them for weeks. I then came to a conclusion that I could turn them into a fast, emotionally aggressive song which would speak the brutal truth of my short comings over the past 15 years. Not only does this song acknowledge my mistakes, it sends a message to all young men and women who get pulled into the turbulent world of 'the sesh'. The after-party scene eventually sucks you into a blackhole of depression, anxiety and mental loneliness, and the damage is permanent. The message is 'DON'T FALL FOR IT'. There is more to life than wasting your best years getting fucked up and being left behind to play catch up in later years. I sit here now, much older and a lot wiser, and wish I was more mature back then. Thinking about all the money I wasted going out drinking with users (who I thought were my mates) makes me sick, but the beauty of life is you learn from your mistakes. This song is only 90 seconds long, but it doesn't need to go on any longer. It says what it needs to say and ends. I hope you enjoy it.

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I missed the boat
I got in with the wrong crowd
I had a window of opportunity
But I’m late to the party now

Late night nostalgia
Memories of a better time
Realisation of no return
We’re all stuck in the present now

DON'T FALL FOR IT
ITS A TRAP AND YOU WONT GET OUT
DON'T FALL FOR IT
YOUR HAPPINESS WILL END NO DOUBT

This isn’t what I wanted
Forever overthinking
I thought that my brain would heal
But everyday feels like I’m sinking

The walls are getting higher
And I can’t catch my breath
I don’t want to face tomorrow
My future has nothing left

DON'T FALL FOR IT
ITS A TRAP AND YOU WONT GET OUT
DON'T FALL FOR IT
YOUR HAPPINESS WILL END NO DOUBT

© 2023 Brent Hood Music | HOLD Recordings

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released December 8, 2023
© 2023 Brent Hood Music | HOLD Recordings

Music & lyrics by Brent Hood.
Produced, engineered, mixed and mastered by Brent Hood, using his home recording studio equipment.

Guitars & bass guitar performed by Brent Hood.
Drums produced using SSD 5.5.

Brent played a Fender Telecaster guitar & Squier 60s Precision bass on this recording.

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Brent Hood Cumbria, UK

BBC featured Singer-Songwriter & Producer from Carlisle, UK.

Also known for forming & being the frontman / sole songwriter for punk rock outfit ‘Break The Stereotype’ from 2010-2018.

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