Name: Why Do We Suck? (feat. Sofía Campoamor)
Duration: P00H03M20S
Description: Maybe you should give yourself a break from asking yourself why. Album forthcoming.

Why Do We Suck? (feat. Sofía Campoamor)

by Emil Beckford

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Maybe you should give yourself a break from asking yourself why. Album forthcoming.

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Why do we suck?
Why's it so hard to remember
All the parts of ourselves that we are?
Why are we stuck
In funhouse mirrors where we look bizarre?

Why won't I turn off the lights
When I know they're burning coal?
Why do I keep watching Friends
If it doesn't make me whole?
Why can't I prioritize?
Why won't Bright Eyes turn around?
Why have I been losing sleep
Over things I can't control?

Why do we suck?
Why's it so hard to remember
All the parts of ourselves that we are?
Why are we stuck
In funhouse mirrors where we look bizarre?

Why did I decide to sail?
I didn't bring sunblock or shades
Why am I afraid to fail?
No one cares, it's just charades
Why's it easy to be jealous?
Why am I stressed all the time?
Why do our sentences keep trailing off?
Why do we?

Why do we suck?
Why's it so hard to remember
All the parts of ourselves that we are?
Why are we stuck
In funhouse mirrors where we look bizarre?

Why do we suck?
Why's it so hard to remember
All the parts of ourselves that we are?
Why are we stuck?
Why do we suck?

I'm always late, I can't play bass
Why do we suck?
I wanted bangs, they're in my face
Why are we like this?
But it's okay, we're both this way
And if you say, you think I'm great
Then maybe I should give myself a break
From asking myself why

Why do we suck?
Why's it so hard to remember
All the parts of ourselves that we are?
Why are we stuck
In funhouse mirrors where we look bizarre?

Why do we suck?
Why's it so hard to remember
All the parts of ourselves that we are?
Maybe I should give myself a break
From asking myself why

Why do we suck? (Give myself a break)
Why do we suck? (From asking myself why)
Why do we suck? (Give ourselves a break)
Why do we suck? (From asking ourselves why)
Why do we suck? (Give yourself a break)
Why do we suck? (From asking yourself)
Maybe I should give myself a break
From asking myself why

credits

released February 26, 2021
Vocals, lyrics, music - Emil Beckford, Sofía Campoamor
Drums, co-production, mixing - Noah Silvestry
Mastering - Gabi Grella
Violin - Catherine Cerise
Shaker - Jacob Eliot Miller
Backing vocals - Arianna Mondini, Catherine Cerise, Genevieve Simmons, Isaac Scobey-Thal, Isaac Young, James Nydam, Jerome Walker, Kinsley McNulty, Mohit Sani, Sita Sunil, Skyler Chin, Syd Bakal, Abby Walker, Aïssa Guindo, Ananya Parthasarathy, Brady Kellum, Kira Sze, Garrett Schwartz, Jacob Eliot Miller, Justine Xu, Matty Norris, Thomas Hagen, Avery Brown, Dylan Young, G Laster, Hayden Kline, Elizabeth Zordani, Jack Barbey
Album art - Emil Beckford, Sofía Campoamor

Thanks to Isaac Scobey-Thal for your mix notes and for being a steadfast WDWS? stan, Mike Errico and our 2018 songwriting class for your feedback and revision ideas back in the day, and Mixed Company of Yale for being our original choir and forever inspiration.

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Emil Beckford Buffalo, New York

I'm a Buffalo-based alt electronic soul singer/songwriter/producer trying to make music that won't bore me in 5 years. I love synths, fake jazz chords, and singing higher than my vocal chords want me to. I draw inspiration from soul artists, masters of harmony, gospel icons, people who just make you feel some kind of way, and everyone in between. ... more

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