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Once upon a time, in the city of Los Angeles |
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"Marty, Marty, listen to me |
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Bring me something the kids will cry for |
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Get out there, and get us stoked" |
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Meet Marty, Major Label, A and R scout |
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Forty years old, gut hangin' out |
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Red Ferrari, Marty livin' in L.A. |
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Bumps another line to get through the day |
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Dumped by his girl, he paid for her liposuction |
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His friends call him "Money", in his introduction |
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And Marty knows nothin' but claims to know it all |
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Lose the flat screen TV if he drops the ball |
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You're as good as your last hit, find the next big thing |
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If he doesn't bring the bling, his cell phone won't ring |
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What's the trend? What's new? |
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What's a label scout to do? Office life, Marty 11:32 |
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The label pres, calls and yells, "Sign more Emo" |
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How about screamo? "If it sells, sign Nemo" |
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"We're down 2 percent and BMG knows |
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My daughter likes Dashboard, so get me one of those" |
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Yelling band names to his assistant through the door |
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The kids like this, "Who cares if it's great?" |
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So he signs a band called Hearts that Hate |
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"Marty, we've got a hit" |
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Cry tonight |
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My hands around your hands, I won't let you |
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Die tonight |
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My heart's in your hands, I won't let you |
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Hearts that Hate, Marty goes to their show |
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Up in the club and here we go |
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Marty sees a girl in a Simple Plan shirt |
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With a Senses Fail boy and that'll never work |
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He finds his label friends in the corner they huddle |
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An Emo cattle auction, they penetrate the bubble |
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They talk about Victory and signing TBS |
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Dissing the same bands they just tried to impress |
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So the lights go down, the crowd starts to scream |
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Hearts that Hate have hit the scene |
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Blake on vocals and lead guitar |
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He does a back flip, "Look how different we are" |
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They show up at the studio to record it |
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A TRL, Billboard Modern Rock hit |
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They auto tune Blake, but he can't tell |
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He says, "I've got perfect pitch, damn I sing well" |
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ProTools, Logic, cut, copy, paste |
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Quantized solos and quantized bass |
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Signed, sealed, deliver and sent |
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Across the U.S. and the single went |
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Cry tonight |
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My hands around your hands, I won't let you |
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Die tonight |
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My heart's in your hands, I won't let you die |
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Momentum builds, but it all caves in |
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Industrial comes back, the press needs a NIN |
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Marty finds a new band called "Fetal Coil" |
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And Hearts that Hate try to keep their fans loyal |
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They rework their sound for album number two |
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As "Machines of Hate," but their career is through |
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They break up and work pushin' mops and brooms |
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Blake gives guitar lessons in his living room |
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Blake gives guitar lessons in his living room |
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Blake gives guitar lessons in his living room |
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"Can you teach me track five Mr. Blake?" |
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"Hey, I wrote that song and it goes like this" |
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Cry tonight |
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My hands around your hands, I won't let you |
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Die tonight |
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My heart's in your hands, I won't let you die |
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Die tonight |
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My hand's around your hands, I won't let you |
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Die tonight |
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My heart's in your hands, I won't let you die |
