Name: Check Engine Light
Duration: P00H02M42S
Description: Check Engine Light is a brisk and powerful ode to executive dysfunction. Vocalist Steven Baird recounts a variety of stress-inducing situations we can all relate to. Deadlines, meaningless paperwork, phone calls you don't want to make, and on top of it all, a check engine light.

Check Engine Light

by Man Random

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Check Engine Light is a brisk and powerful ode to executive dysfunction. Vocalist Steven Baird recounts a variety of stress-inducing situations we can all relate to. Deadlines, meaningless paperwork, phone calls you don't want to make, and on top of it all, a check engine light.

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It always seems like there’s a list of things I have to do
But I never have the energy to commit and follow through
Living for the moment, not thinking ‘bout tomorrow
Only doing what I want on time I have to borrow

Oh why, oh why, do I
Get stuck inside my head

The only thing I’m good at
Is putting off my problems
No matter how easy
It is for me to solve them

And there’s a check engine light
Lit up on my dashboard
It’s a simple warning sign
One I’m choosing to ignore
But I keep driving

When I have a deadline my mind becomes so clouded
I try to distract myself so I don’t have to think about it
More and more as time goes on I fall so far behind
I don’t know what’s happening that made me feel so blind

The only thing I’m good at
Is putting off my problems
No matter how easy
It is for me to solve them

When I have to send a message, when I have to make a phone call
When I have to fill out paperwork I freak out and start to stall

The only thing I’m good at
Is running from my problems
No matter how easy
It is for me to solve them

And there’s a check engine light
Lit up on my dashboard
It’s a simple warning sign
One I’m choosing to ignore
But I keep driving

credits

released May 26, 2023
Man Random is:
Steven Baird - Guitar, Vocals
Benjamin Meredith - Bass
Matt Schmus - Guitar
Nat Otto- Drums

Recorded by Nat Otto at our private studio
Mixed and mastered by Nat Otto at Camp Random

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Man Random Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Man Random is a punky Milwaukee based DIY power pop four-piece formed in 2016. Their punchy hooks and fuzzy melodies cast a neon light over heavy lyrics that cover relationships, existential dread, and the unique struggles of being alive right now.

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