#the front bottoms self titled

[urawerewolf-imafullmoon]

TFB’s Instagram today - 4/26/2023

[little-gay-boy-likes-music]

Something something,, white man something something ,,,, autism something something ,,,

[ifuckinghatebriansella]

[mat-and-brian]

Still I scrub and scrub till my body bleeds, convince myself I am coming clean

Bathtub by The Front Bottoms

[ofdaisy]

anyone else have this dream that i am hitting my dad with a baseball bat and he is screaming and crying for help and maybe halfway through it has more to do with me killing him than it ever did protecting myself or is it just me and that guy from the front bottoms

[perfidious-prophet]

Teddy in the style of tfb's self-titled album but specifically the matt one because the art reminded me of him lol.

[thefrontbottomsmademedoit]

some lyrics i feel like represent aromantic yearning from the self titled album and why

flashlight

the speaker is taking photos of his girlfriend who has a substance abuse problem. when she is asleep, which is when she looks happiest. he yearns for a state of happiness for her that will never come. he also continues later to imply that she had already left.

i also like this part of the song a lot, i feel like it represents how it feels in a situation where nothing is going right for you. all of the lyrics overlap with each other and it's like a musical panic attack. his mind is clouded with the desire for them both to be happy and the devastation of the knowledge that it isn't possible. plus, ending the song with a singular "sad" that's audibly separated from the cloudiness feels like the empty feeling after a panic attack is over and you're still alone in silence.

maps

the speaker has ideals and desires but it feels like they're all slipping away from him. his grasp on stability is waning. sweaty hands are a way to show anxiety or stress in a way without saying it outright, and stress can cause you to lose stability. i love the metaphor here.

these lyrics are a retrospective on a relationship that was toxic, but in the moment he couldn't see that. it's hard to know when you're being manipulated, but it's easy to see when it's happening to someone else. it takes a long time to figure out that you were manipulated, because there has to be enough time in between for you to grow into a new person. the speaker used to love the sweetness of the relationship, but now that he can see how toxic it was, it tastes bitter.

if you put off your escape, you'll never do it. you'll be manipulated back into staying. the speaker is having a moment of clarity, and he knows that he needs to take advantage of it. escape also requires stealth, and accepting that you're going to be alone after it. blending in with the sea, which is very vast and alone, is a good way to describe the feeling of blending into the wall and being in the silence.

looking like you just woke up

the speaker romanticizes things he will never have, and he settles for that because he believes he can't be hurt by yearning for the unattainable. his perception can't be ruined if he never engages.

sometimes when you experience long term suffering, you learn that it's less painful for those who care about you to believe that you're okay than to feel their pity. you will spend the rest of your life with the heartache of being alone in your struggle, but you feel marginally better because you're saving the feelings of others.

the speaker keeps up a persona even if they don't have to. it's routine. (neurodivergent people who mask where are y'all this one's for you)

apparently i have hit the image limit i will make a part two and probably three and four

[handsomefrog12]

Formula for a song from the front bottoms self-titled album:

-Random object/activity,The chorus

-Something about an ex lover leaving them accompanied by the most beautiful drums ever,2-3 verses

-White guy whining about how sad he is or the most relatable lyrics you have ever heard,Half of one verse

-A random piece of the song that hits really hard

[thefrontbottomstruisms]

YOU HAVE GOT TO DO THIS NOW OR YOU CAN NEVER COME HOME AGAIN

[belviathan]

I have this dream that I am hitting my dad with a baseball bat,

and he is screaming and crying for help,

and maybe halfway through, it has more to do with me killing him,

Then it ever did protecting myself,

and I believe that, yeah, Dad, maybe no one is perfect,

But I believe that you were pushing your luck,

It just sucks it played out like this,

A terrible movie and you can tell none of the actors even give a fuck.

[skeeverboy]

oh to be a little older and to have been old enough to been into the front bottoms in their early days

[ifuckinghatebriansella]

i will not be taking constructive criticism at this time

[tfbesties]

pee hole

[ofdaisy]

WHY WOULD HE WRITE THIS

[yello-123]

The front bottom’s first and self-titled album is so I Saw The TV Glow coded. Like I was giving it a relisten today and all I could think about was Owen and Maddy (more so Owen). I think I’ll follow up on this late with examples.

[thefrontbottomsmademedoit]

taking lyrics out of context (not even all of them tbh) to prove that brian sella is in fact a man whore part 1