The band consists of Adam Gardner and Ryan Miller on guitar and vocals and Brian Rosenworcel on percussion. Multi-instrumentalist and backup vocalist Joe Pisapia played with the band from 2003-2010. Luke Reynolds took Pisapia's place to tour with the band for their 2010 album, Easy Wonderful, and has remained with the band since. The band is noted for its catchy, poppy melodies, and the distinctive hand-drumming on percussion. They are also known for their humor, including a joke album released in 2003, The Meowstro Sings: Guster's Keep It Together, wherein the lyrics are replaced with (off-melody) meowing.
The band has released eight studio albums which are, in chronological order, Parachute, Goldfly, Lost and Gone Forever, Keep It Together, Ganging Up On the Sun, Easy Wonderful, Evermotion, and their most recent, Look Alive, which was released on January 18th, 2019. In addition, they have released a total of eleven live albums, spanning the years 2003-2015.
One Man Wrecking Machine
Guster Lyrics
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I'm going to see the homecoming queen
Take her to the Christmas dance
Maybe now I'll get in her pants
Whatever
Back with my high school friends
Meeting where the train tracks end
Rolling up to Lookout Point
I want to pull it apart and put it back together
I want to relive all my adolescent dreams
Inspired by true events on movie screens
I am a one man wrecking machine
Back in my parents' house
Back to the shouting out loud
One day you'll be a man
One day you'll understand
I want to pull it apart and put it back together
I want to relive all my adolescent dreams
Inspired by true events on movie screens
I am a one man wrecking machine
Inspired by true events on movie screens
I am a one man wrecking machine
Here in the present tense
Nothing is making sense
Waiting for my moment to come
Everything has come undone
I tried to pull it apart and put it back together
No point in living in my adolescent dreams
Inspired by true events on movie screens
I am a one man wrecking machine
Inspired by true events on movie screens
I am a one man wrecking machine
The lyrics to Guster's song "One Man Wrecking Machine" convey a sense of nostalgia and a desire to relive the past. The singer wants to go back in time, to his high school days, where he could hang out with his friends and smoke joints. He dreams of taking the homecoming queen to the Christmas dance and finally getting to have sex with her. But he is now in the present, where nothing makes sense, and he feels that everything has come undone. He realizes that he cannot go back to the past and must move on from his adolescent dreams.
The chorus of the song emphasizes the singer's desire to relive his past: "I want to pull it apart and put it back together / I want to relive all my adolescent dreams / Inspired by true events on movie screens / I am a one man wrecking machine." The line "inspired by true events on movie screens" suggests that the singer's desires are influenced by the stories he saw in movies. He wants to recreate those stories in his own life.
Overall, the lyrics to "One Man Wrecking Machine" convey a sense of longing for the past and a desire to recapture some of the magic of adolescence. It is a common feeling, and the song captures it well.
Line by Line Meaning
I built a time machine
I wish I could go back to relive my past
I'm going to see the homecoming queen
I want to revisit my past crush
Take her to the Christmas dance
I want to recreate past experiences and make them better
Maybe now I'll get in her pants
I hope to have a chance with her now
Whatever
I'm not too bothered about the outcome
Back with my high school friends
Going back to meet old friends
Meeting where the train tracks end
Meeting at an old spot that had meaning to us
Passing round a skinny joint
Sharing a joint with my friends
Rolling up to Lookout Point
Going to a place where we used to hang out
I want to pull it apart and put it back together
I want to deconstruct and reconstruct my past experiences
I want to relive my adolescent dreams
I want to revisit and experience my past aspirations
Inspired by true events on movie screens
My inspiration is derived from movies based on real events
I am a one man wrecking machine
I will be the one to create a positive outcome from revisiting my past experiences
Back in my parents' house
Going back to where I grew up
Back to shouting out loud
Going back to my adolescent behavior
One day you'll be a man, one day you'll understand
My parents thought I would understand with age
Here in the present tense
Back to reality
Nothing is making sense
I feel like everything is chaotic and disorganized
Waiting for my moment to come
Anticipating an opportunity for change
Everything has come undone
Everything in my life is unraveling
No point in living in my adolescent dreams
I realize that living in the past is not productive
Lyrics © BMG Rights Management, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd., Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Written by: CHRISTOPHER DUNN, JEFF HERNDON, Tom Shapiro
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
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I built a time machine
I'm going to see the homecoming queen
Take her to the Christmas dance
Maybe now I'll get in her pants, whatever
[Verse 2: Miller/Adam Gardner]
Back with my high school friends
Meeting where the train tracks end
Passing round a skinny joint
(Passing round a skinny joint)
Rolling up to lookout point
[Chorus: Miller]
I want to pull it apart and put it back together
I want to relive all my adolescent dreams
Inspired by true event on movie screens
I am a one man wrecking machine
[Verse 2: Miller/Gardner]
Back in my parents house
Back to the shouting out loud
One day you'll be a man
(One day you're gonna be a man)
One day you'll understand
[Chorus: Miller/Miller & Gardner]
I want to pull it apart and put it back together
I want to relive all my adolescent dreams
Inspired by true events on movie screens
I am a one man wrecking machine
Inspired by true events on movie screens
I am a one man wrecking machine
[Verse 3: Miller/Gardner]
Here in the present tense
Nothing is making sense
Waiting for my moment to come
(Waiting for my moment to come)
Everything has come undone
[Chorus: Miller/Miller & Gardner]
I tried to pull it apart and put it back together
No point in living in my adolescent dreams
Inspired by true events on movie screens
I am a one man wrecking machine
Inspired by true events on movie screens
I am a one man wrecking machine
@maddieduszak366
To this day Disturbia is my favorite movie. The way life was portrayed back then was just so much easier and happy. I struggle with depression and I love this song because it makes me remember everything about life back then, this song takes me back.
@spirit_of_gaming95
Exactly the same for me...
@Toobman
Same here! Just saw the movie yesterday ! The song is one of my favorites ! I remembered things from years ago and time flies by so fast ! It made me cry and realized that the things from your past stay with you forever and that is very special to me !
@melvinflores5053
Stay strong bro one love
@jesselavis710
I respect you 👊🏽 also my fave movie if life was exactly like that I’d be blessed 🙏🏻
@cristianalvarado434
Same
@Poxell91
I just lost my job after 2 years by getting fired. I had been messing up my schedule and running late to work occasionally, but it was never reflective of my work ethic.
At 30 years old, I still live home with my parents, and the last 10 years have jaded me from all of my ambitions as I've lost sight and desire to accomplish a lot of them to the state of the world today.
The following night after I lost my job, I went for drive late at night and played the song in my car. I cried my eyes out because this is exactly the way I feel like I've hit a roadblock in my life. I love this band and I love this song, and it's further proof that music is powerful and can really define anything in your life. Don't give up, everybody.
@joemoney7640
I can relate to a lot in your message, very similar circumstances have happened to me and set me back in life but f$$k it lol
@kanra1283
how is life going now buddy? hope everything is ok
@highproxy2236
How u doing now?