The band self-released their debut Demo 7-inch EP in 2003. This led to a deal with the Stillborn label, and another EP, Our Youth is Wasted. Pepito left to form Reign Supreme. The band then recorded a series of split releases for the Deathwish label, who also reissued the band's first two releases together as We're Unstoppable, described by PopMatters as "a furiously brief dose of old-school punk and hardcore dissonance". The band's release, No One Deserves to Be Here More Than Me, featured a stylistic turn to an early 90s grunge sound, abandoning most of the speed and favoring heavy, repetitive grooves.
In November 2013, Blacklisted frontman George Hirsch released an acoustic solo album titled There's Honey in the Soil So We Wait for the Till under the moniker Harm Wülf.
Blacklisted began writing a fourth studio album and follow up to 2009's "No One Deserves to Be Here More Than Me" in late 2013.
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Wish
Blacklisted Lyrics
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Breaking down in a rage just to apologize. It's really so strange
watching all these strangers sigh.
If feels like I'm living through my last days every day.
On your strongest of days you couldn't make me feel any less insane.
Wish the ongoing theme about me
wasn't "he's just crazy"
Wish I knew safety.
Wish nothing phased me.
Wish I felt more than just feelings of unrest. Wish the darkness didn't cloud me. Wish I wasn't an emotional wreck
The lyrics to Blacklisted's song "Wish" deal with feelings of inner turmoil, insecurity, and a sense of not belonging. The singer seems to be struggling with accepting who they are and what others think of them. The line "Please just give me a Chan Marshall eulogy" seems to suggest a desire to be understood and recognized for who they are, just as Chan Marshall (also known as Cat Power) is a well-known and respected musician who has been open about her own struggles with mental health and self-acceptance.
The lines "Breaking down in a rage just to apologize. It's really so strange watching all these strangers sigh" suggest that the singer is aware of their own volatile emotions and how they can be off-putting to others. They seem to feel like an outsider, observing the reactions of those around them but unable to fully connect with them.
The chorus of the song expresses a desire for things to be different, for the singer to feel safe, secure, and at peace with themselves. They wish for a world where they aren't labeled as "crazy" and where their emotional turmoil doesn't cloud their every thought and action.
Overall, "Wish" is a deeply introspective and emotive song that deals with themes of self-acceptance, isolation, and the struggle to find peace within oneself.
Line by Line Meaning
Please just give me a Chan Marshall eulogy.
I want someone to speak of me in the same way that Cat Power's Chan Marshall spoke of a deceased loved one in her song 'Metal Heart.'
If I was ever anything at all, it's all breaking news to me.
I have no sense of identity or self-awareness, and discovering any aspect of myself feels like a revelation.
Breaking down in a rage just to apologize. It's really so strange watching all these strangers sigh.
I frequently lose my temper and lash out, only to regret it and apologize later. People around me are used to this pattern and are resigned to it, which makes me feel isolated and unsure of myself.
If feels like I'm living through my last days every day.
I have a sense of impending doom that colors everything I do, and I am constantly anxious about the future.
On your strongest of days you couldn't make me feel any less insane.
Even when things are going well and other people are happy, I still feel deeply troubled and unstable.
Wish the ongoing theme about me wasn't 'he's just crazy'
I am aware that people often dismiss me as simply being crazy or unstable, and I wish that they would see me as multi-faceted and complex instead.
Wish I knew safety.
I wish I felt secure and protected in the world, both physically and emotionally.
Wish nothing phased me.
I wish I had a more detached and unemotional approach to things, and that outside events did not affect me so deeply.
Wish I felt more than just feelings of unrest.
I wish I had more positive and peaceful feelings in my life, and that I was not always consumed by feelings of unease and agitation.
Wish the darkness didn't cloud me.
I wish that I did not feel weighed down by a sense of darkness and despair, and that I could see more light and possibility in the world.
Wish I wasn't an emotional wreck
I wish that I felt more in control of my emotions, and that I did not feel overwhelmed and out of balance so much of the time.
Contributed by Peyton W. Suggest a correction in the comments below.