Song Spotlight: The Freshmen by The Verve Pipe

The first time I ever heard this song I was in the car driving to my cabin with my mom and my brother. We were playing a "Guess This Song" game, and my mom played this song. Jack (my brother) immediately knew it, but I didn't, even though they insisted I did. Turns out, I really didn't. Anyway, I fell in love with the song and it's still only of my favorites, which is why it's the next Song Spotlight!

The Freshmen

When I was young I knew everything

And she, a punk who rarely ever took advice

Now I'm guilt-stricken, sobbin' with my head on the floor

Stopped a baby's breathe and a shoe full of rice, no

Pre-Chorus

Can't be held responsible

She was touchin' her face

I won't be held responsible

She fell in love in the first place

Chorus

For the life of me

I can not remember 

What made us think that we were wise and we'd never compromise

For the life of me

I can not believe we'd ever die

For these sins

We were merely freshmen

My best friend took a week's vacation to forget her

His girl took a week's worth of valium and slept

And now he's guilt-stricken, sobbin' with his head on the floor

Thinks about her now and how he never really wept he said

Pre-Chorus

Chorus

We tried to wash our hands of all of this

We'd never talk of our lacking relationships

And how we're guilt-stricken sobbin' with our heads on the floor

We fell through the ice when we tried not to slip we'd say

Pre-Chorus

Chorus x2

We were merely freshmen

We were only freshmen

Why?

Usually, when I write why I love songs so much in these Song Spotlights, I usually write about the band and the lyrics. Yes, one of the reasons I love this song is the lyrics, but I don't really know the Verve Pipe that much. Yes, I know who they are, but I don't really listen to them besides this song. Not for any reason, I just haven't really sat down and listened to a CD of theirs. Anyway, I love these lyrics. They are so raw and beautiful. They talk about real life situations that happen and things that not a lot of people talk about, like suicide and mistakes that will change your life forever. This song kind of makes me want to cry when I hear it because you can almost hear the pain in the song. It's really beautiful.

The other reason why I love this song so much is because of my brothers. As I said earlier, I was with my brother Jack when I first heard this song. It was probably almost two years ago, but he still plays it to this day and I can hear him sing along with it. The other reason is that when my oldest brother was a senior in high school when he would blast this song all the time. My mom told me that and it makes me smile that my brother Jack can love this song so much just like my other brother. 

Also, I like that this song is so diverse. Jack's music taste is pretty different than my oldest brother's music taste, so it's cool that they can both like the same song so much. Also, Jack doesn't like a lot of my music, but Max (the oldest brother) does. And, my music taste encompasses both of their music tastes. It's cool how this song is an overlapping factor. 

-Laur

"We fell through the ice when we tried not to slip." -The Freshmen, The Verve Pipe