The Most Meaningful Failure
Phase Lock 303
Dream Chasers · Depth of Friendship · Heartland Indie Rock
#VERSE
Almost got kicked off campus
Their prank sounded like an alien attack
Blasting Jer’s synthesizer out the dorm window
The sound of spaceships landing disrupted every class
#VERSE
But just as fake aliens landed
Lou and Jer’s music dreams blasted off
Two new friends plotting their path to fame
Gonna get to L.A., no matter the cost
#PRE-CHORUS
Their dreams sparkled like fireworks
They wrote passion-fueled songs
With Jeff Lynne for inspiration
What could go wrong
#CHORUS
When you’re bound for fame
When you shoot for success
You feel like a failure
With anything less
#VERSE
They recorded dozens of demos
Honed a unique and quirky sound
An asshole agent said, “If one of you had tits
I’d get you a massive record deal, hands down”
#PRE-CHORUS
They fired that agent
Hit record labels themselves
One hundred ten rejection letters
Stacked on Lou’s bookshelves
#CHORUS
When you’re bound for fame
When you shoot for success
You feel like a failure
With anything less
But when failure is a journey
That makes a deep friendship grow
You’ll have the most meaningful failure
Anyone could know
#BRIDGE
They kept on believing
They pushed hard, kept runnin’
Lou said to Jer, “Don’t give up, bro
I feel a big plot twist comin’”
They quit playin’ backwoods bars
Limped their car to L.A.
Believed the cash in the shoebox
Would last until fame
#INSTRUMENTAL
#VERSE
But fame didn’t knock
On that rental house door
Like dogs with their tails down
Back to Missouri once more
#VERSE
And the spotlight shined for forty years
On marriages, day jobs, divorce, and kids
Loved ones died, but life went on
And they kept writing songs—it’s just what they did
#PRE-CHORUS
The plot twist arrived
But not the fame they desired
They became brothers and best friends
From chasing a life so inspired
#CHORUS
When you’re bound for fame
When you shoot for success
You feel like a failure
With anything less
But when that failure holds treasures
That shine in your soul
It’s the most meaningful failure
Anyone could know
The most meaningful failure
Anyone could know
#OUTRO
Jer and Lou looked back
From the end of life’s road
Saying, “We’ve had the most meaningful failure
Anyone could know”
#OUTRO
Their home recordings will sparkle
Long after they die
While their firework dreams
Still light up the night sky
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