remember to forget
released 1999
all songs written, performed, recorded and produced by the fuzz. artwork by the fuzz.

allmusic.com review
Raw soundscapes of warm acoustics and queasy electronics shape the indie rock sound of the Fuzz's debut, Remember to Forget. The band, who self-produced and independently released the album in mid-1999, uses a variety of instrumentation to circle the Fuzz's lyrical depictions. Songs such as "Dr. Rewind" and "I Don't Have One" reflect loopy bass lines layering frontman Daniel Veale's wispy vocals. "No Thanks... I'm Full" is a psychedelic twist with dripping piano tips and echoes of Rush-like musicality for a trippy listen. The songwriting is straightforward, a little artsy, but refreshing for such a young band. And for a first-time album, the Fuzz's ambition and passion for their personally penned tracks and unique musical compositions make for a decent effort. Knowing how most young bands start off with all sorts of expectations, this particular LP is positive and yearns for more experimentation. It's merely a clue to what's yet to come from the Fuzz. MacKenzie Wilson

lyrics

dr. rewind
dr rewind tells me...sympathy through apathy
salt my food just right ...i'll lower my cholesterol
review curves and textures...follow every message
dr rewind tells me
right shoe then the left one...skip a step because i'm the dumb one
saw you wearing my shirt
stupid superstition...is my one ambition
as of now repeating
rewind only without flaws
i do declare an error...i am a myth

mind so much
When your head slides off
and rolls up on my door
before I fall awake.
I will die again because my heart's not
there I left it in your hands.
Just because you come, it doesn't mean I'm there
maybe there's something more.
You could make me come and I'll be on T.V.
just like I see you now.
Yesterday you smiled.
Surprised that I was there and you were
smiling at me, I didn't know you cared.
I wish I had you now but I'll just
drop my head so you can live some more.
I know when you'll leave and you will
shine again before I fade away.
Yesterday you smiled.
Surprised you said my name and
told me that you cared, I never loved you more.

breakout
Don't stop to thank me
I used to help you
Conform to easy
Still makes me happy
Heart hollow to smooth
Goes down to easy
Be there to greet you
I won't be happy
what is this thing inside me?
why does it never stop me?
I don't know what your doing
but keep talking
pull me drag me under
these dreams keep me from sleeping
he'll always live inside me
don't drag me under w/him
You always left me thinking
and I told you to stay
don't always do what they tell you
You need to break out from me
go on go on
go have a dream of your own now

soap
and you love me...because you don't know
that they all love me...but not you
if you wanted...I'll think of you
while sleeping...dreamt in blue
She said I need to wash myself
She said I need to find someone...for hope/help
when you loved me...I missed your eyes
green w/ envy...and blue
She always let me close my eyes

i don't have one
Confusion put me here
Too many things to do
Never saw a day like this
And I'd imagine breathing air
Swimming deeper and I know I'm Drowning
Seen me happy but they've never known
About my brother that he's so much younger
Now is crowded so I know I'm on my own
Out wit me with a stare
Too Bad a roll will follow
Never saw a day like this
I'd imagine being there

whiskeydick
friends don't want to stay up in my head
put me down for one more day in bed
i can't hear you whisper
but your voice is in my head
looking back i see the bottle in your hands
next time i won't know to stop
i'll fail again
everyday is the same
i am burned again
you smoke yourself away and i'll be gone
time makes my days long
get off my back
lies they come my way
obscene i drop my head
you go home-----go home
whispers hold the spiders in my hair
flying dreams...i'm yelling all the time

no thanks...i'm full
I'm waiting---for the day you stumble home
You're changing---You make me feel I've grown too old
One day you'll follow...soon you'll cry the day we do
It's been so long since we began to drop away
But you just keep on feeling alone.
I'm wasted---I haven't eaten in so long
But use me because I like when you're not home
We ain't got no problems...you're too fat to go much more
Go home and cry some more. you've sucked your life away
And you just keep on feeling alone
------we don't mind, you're gone------
I'm wasted---I've been to places I don't know
We're changing---don't fucking lie to me no more
Imitate your problems...your stupid ways have gone to far
It's been so long, I can't remember who you are
Now you just keep on feeling alone

fade away
You fade away.
Don’t come back now.
Not mine today.
No tomorrow.
I didn’t even catch your name.
But it doesn’t matter anyway.
You fade away.
Where will you go now?
Now that your gone.
I feel the sorrow.
Why does everyone have to change?
The bottle doesn’t do a damn thing.
You fade away.
Don’t come back now.
Not your's today.
No tomorrow.
I didn’t even catch your name.
Now you'll never be the same
You fade away.
You fade away.
No more to say.
You fade away.
Where is the sunshine in my life?
It burned long before it’s time.

waste
think you've got it all worked out
walk on through w/ your head held high
but please don't turn your back on me
sick and obsessed...don't have a heart
What you mean to be
a dream to me I'll stay asleep
You can't stay away
even though you say
I waste your time
Stay up late to see the sun
wake up next to anyone
but please don't turn your back on me
Soon you'll wake up all alone.
what you mean to be a dream to me
I'll stay asleep
You can't stay away even though you say I waste your time

expiration date
why doesn't anyone care
about how I feel inside
no one's even listening
no one hears me cry
why should I even explain
what's going on in my mind
nothing takes away the pain
atleast nothing I can buy
you were the one for me
atleast that's what I thought
until I looked in your eyes
and found what you haven't caught
you usta be SO COOL
now you're NOTHING at all
why could I not see before...
before you made me fall
and now that I'm over this
and my brain's spilled on the floor
you can try what you want
but I'll always hate you

star II
why you kept me around
a bug in a jar
my head on the ground
your eyes full of stars
take my thoughts away
hope a heart will die
I'll drink another day
and you will be my dream
I never let you down
just a falling star
my head on the ground
your fucking bug in a jar
you were my dream
my fantasy
I will find a way
to see you again

$.10
Ripped another socket in my head
standing on my heals
one more way to rearrange my mind
fall instead
Don't need to plug my chest into the wall
as if you need to know
why my feet are sticking to the ground
instead I fall
Connect myself to you with this machine
no need for me to breathe
hide away the noise from in my chest
I'm never seen
When I am king, I'll heal all my flaws
taken from the sun
all myself and standing 10 feet high
then I fall
Standing ten feet tall to touch the sky
still studdering my name
broken bones make way for me to stay
I plug myself

giraffe calf
no words...just adrenaline...

genome project
Home...He hasn't been
And even though...He hasn't grown
We will keep on grinning
The phone...Just turned him in
Life...But maybe 10
Sad poor Rubin
He ran to Mexico
Maybe not...You'll never know
We're so glad he's finally gone away
He's gone don't bring him home
We'll find another gnome
Run...We'll miss him none
So Sad...Poor Rubin's gone
Press our luck again
I've seen a hundred ways
Can't Stop it's not a daze
I feel that our luck is going to change

echo again
Another day lost in the tubes
Started confused refused of what come first
Today you minded
Numb from the---the thump behind my head
No time for what to do
You come from in my head
I'll sit and rot away
Forgot to find my empty head
I'll never know, I'll watch the lights go down
And watch me washing
Don't interrupt, ashamed with no one there
No time for what to do
You came from in my head
I'll sit and rot away
Out live the way I fell
You pull the plug again
And wave as I go home

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