Set Your Goals released their first EP, Set Your Goals, on Straight On Records in May 2004. After signing with Eulogy Recordings, they re-released the EP under the name Reset on April 11, 2006 with vinyl released by Panic Records. Their first full length album, Mutiny was released on July 11, 2006. Set Your Goals released an acoustic version of their track Echoes on the Punk Goes Acoustic 2 compilation.
A cover of The Police's Message in a Bottle can be found on their MySpace and a cover of Lil' Jon's Put Yo Hood Up can be found on Punk Goes Crunk, released on Fearless records. In May 2008, they released a new song called The Fallen.
Set Your Goals performed as the backing band for Vinnie Caruana for a select number of The Movielife shows in the US and UK.
Set Your Goals reached a buy-out agreement with Eulogy Recordings in August of 2008. The band parted on bad terms, with co-vocalist Jordan Brown issuing the following statement on AbsolutePunk.net:
"These were not sent as bragging rights. Please do not buy Eulogy records, do not buy Set Your Goals merch from Eulogy's e-store. John has made an untraceable amount of money off of SYG's music and will continue to do so. We have never seen a dime. I have always said from day one that i don't do any of this for money, and i do not. But it does not sit well with me the amount of money he has kept from us (and many other bands). I could care less [sic] about seeing any of that money for myself, but i would rather it be with somebody or another band who deserves it more than John Wylie does. We cannot regain control of our Mutiny cd; the reset songs we will get back in another 3 years. For now he continues to milk Set Your Goals for what he can."
Following the previous statement, co-vocalist Matt Wilson hinted that their upcoming album may be self-released. However, in March 2009, the band announced their signing with Epitaph Records. Their second album, This Will Be the Death of Us, was released on July 21, 2009.
http://www.myspace.com/setyourgoals.
Sharptooth
Set Your Goals Lyrics
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Feelings change, and people fade, but the memories, they last
I missed the chance, slipped through my hands, I wish I could go back
I'd change it all. The words I'd say, reflecting back on yesterday
But now I've turned the tables
And I've had time to make amends and find my friends
And I can't change you
10 o' clock on Monday night, and I'm still in the past
Feelings change, and people fade, but the memories, they last
Can't change you! I'm stuck in the past!
The lyrics of Set Your Goals' song Sharptooth can be interpreted as a reflection on the past, regrets, and the difficulty of moving on from certain experiences. The singer is expressing a sense of longing and nostalgia for a time that has already passed. The memories they have of that time are still vivid, and they feel a sense of loss for the people and experiences they can no longer have.
The lyrics indicate a desire to go back in time and make changes to the past, to undo things that have gone wrong. However, the singer acknowledges that they cannot change what has happened, no matter how much they wish they could. They accept that they have made mistakes and must live with the repercussions of those mistakes. At the same time, they express the hope that they can reconnect with the people they have lost touch with and rebuild those relationships.
Overall, the lyrics of Sharptooth convey a sense of wistfulness and regret, but also an acknowledgement that life moves on and that we must learn from our mistakes and strive to make the most of the present.
Line by Line Meaning
10 o' clock on Monday night, and I'm still in the past
Despite it being Monday night, my mind is dwelling on past experiences that I cannot shake off.
Feelings change, and people fade, but the memories, they last
Emotions and individuals are transient, but the recollections we possess endure for much longer.
I missed the chance, slipped through my hands, I wish I could go back
An opportunity evaded me, passively slipping out of my grasp, leaving me longing to return to the earlier moment to try again.
I'd change it all. The words I'd say, reflecting back on yesterday
If I could, I would revise every aspect of yesterday, particularly what I said, looking back on how I could have made things better.
But now I've turned the tables
However, I have since switched things up.
And I've had time to make amends and find my friends
I've had time to improve connections and apologize to those I may have harmed or pushed away.
Oh, I've made mistakes, I know this. But I can't change the past
I recognize that I've erred previously, but I must come to terms with the fact that I cannot remedy what has already transpired.
And I can't change you
I also understand that it's not within my abilities to alter you or your attitudes, even if that's what I desire.
Can't change you! I'm stuck in the past!
I'm unable to change either the past or you, which leaves me feeling trapped and unfulfilled.
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