Lyrically, the song is about items that the band members of Cake hate. John McCrea said of the song, "It's about how when you hate things, the circle of hate starts rather broadly. You hate the President or a big movie star, someone you'll probably never meet. Gradually though, the circle tightens and the objects of hate get closer and closer to the hater. Now it's your uncle or your mother, now it's your close friend, and finally it's you. Bummer."
Saw this song live at Summerfest. Around the middle, John divided the entire crowd unevenly and had one section sing "im so sick of you, so sick of me, I dont want to be with you" and the other section singe "I wanna fly away." The result? One seriously amazing concert. I'm proud to be a Cake concert escapist.
They played this at Toads Place in New Haven CT when I saw them on Sept. 17th. It was awesome getting the crowd singing the two different parts. Can't wait for the new album!
Finally found it! I've been looking for this song for forever and had the idea "You know, it sounds like a Cake song." And I found it through that thought!
I heard this song for the first time yesterday live at bumbershoot music festival. the realization that there's a cake album I don't yet have is unacceptable.
tottally a beatles vibe going on. the riff, the "ahhs", the drum beat, the horns, reminds me of the revolver album from the beatles. but the middle at 1:45 makes it so much more awesome !!!
I saw Cake at a concert on the night before Halloween ( Night Ranger opened for them), the first time I heard this song, he got have of the audience so say "I wanna fly away, I wanna fly way" and the other half "I'm so sick of you, so sick of me, I don't wanna be with you". It's like we were an extension of Cake, and it was amazing.
They are sooo cool live. One said of the room has to sing "I wanna fly away" over and over while the other side says "im so sick of you so sick of me i dont want to be with you" its incredile. He is so.....insightful.
My 8th grade art teacher used to play music in class and this was on his playlist. He ended up going to jail halfway through the school year but his music taste stuck with me.
Even if you don't love the song, if you love CAKE you can at least appreciate them instead of tearing them apart for every little thing you dislike. They're a great band, I grew up listening to them and I'll keep listening to them. I personally loved the song.
"Okay --- I'm late to the party, but there's plenty of CAKE for everyone!!!" This is my corny way of saying that I finally realized that I really like this band. I need to dive into their albums because their singles have struck a cord with me over the years>>> THIS IS THEIR BEST ONE TO ME!!!
@SebastianSB To a certain degree, but not all of their songs had it prevalently (and I enjoy the variety). This song was cool live. They split the audience up and had do sections of the chorus (half did: I'm so sick of you, sick of me, I don't wanna be with you. Other half: I wanna fly away.)
To those unsure on this song. Most likely your too young for it. Wait till you married, in the work force and have kids. Then come back to it and be ready to love it as much as all the other songs they have done.
“I always wonder why birds choose to stay in the same place when they can fly anywhere on the earth, then I ask myself the same question.” - Harun Yahya
@ansixtyninea Totally.....i finally saw them live this year after 15 years of waiting....the one time They were in my area i was deployed to Korea.....LET THEM HEAR CAKE!
It was terrible seeing them live... they went on for nearly a half an hour (swear to God, no joke) about their favorite kind of trees & apples. Seriously. No music. Just them on stage blabbing about their favorite trees. Then to make it worse, they called someone on stage from the audience, gave them a free tree, & then engaged in a mind numbing discussion of the random audience members favorite trees. I've never seen people leave a concert early. It's tough cause Cake makes AMAZING music.
@SebastianSB Well, did you stop to think that Cake tried to do their normal thing for the past seven years and got shot down? Maybe they had no choice between conforming and staying in the music business, ever think of that?
Lyrically, the song is about items that the band members of Cake hate. John McCrea said of the song, "It's about how when you hate things, the circle of hate starts rather broadly. You hate the President or a big movie star, someone you'll probably never meet. Gradually though, the circle tightens and the objects of hate get closer and closer to the hater. Now it's your uncle or your mother, now it's your close friend, and finally it's you. Bummer."
aha,
this song is definitely dedicated to someone from the past.
if they heard this the ending of this song would tear them apart.
it hits where it hurts.
Saw this song live at Summerfest. Around the middle, John divided the entire crowd unevenly and had one section sing "im so sick of you, so sick of me, I dont want to be with you" and the other section singe "I wanna fly away." The result? One seriously amazing concert.
I'm proud to be a Cake concert escapist.
I wasn't into this song when it first came on the radio. It's grown on me. I love the spoken verses at the end the most.
That's what we call Trollin'. And this person obviously succeeded.
I was there too. One of the best shows I've ever seen. By far. Them and the Black Keys both just blew my mothertrucking mind.
They played this at Toads Place in New Haven CT when I saw them on Sept. 17th. It was awesome getting the crowd singing the two different parts. Can't wait for the new album!
Every camera phone and the music that you own, doesnt change the fact that your all alone!
"Every camera every phone
All the music that you own
Won't change the fact you're all alone"oof
Right? Oof indeed
Finally found it! I've been looking for this song for forever and had the idea "You know, it sounds like a Cake song." And I found it through that thought!
Still rocking out to this song in 2018! Cake fucking rules.
I heard this song for the first time yesterday live at bumbershoot music festival. the realization that there's a cake album I don't yet have is unacceptable.
tottally a beatles vibe going on.
the riff,
the "ahhs",
the drum beat,
the horns,
reminds me of the revolver album from the beatles.
but the middle at 1:45 makes it so much more awesome !!!
Just saw these guys for the first time at bottlerock. Only show I saw sober, but still the best by far.
I was also at that concert! Also an escapist! One heck of a show, and the escapists totally blew the others out
I saw Cake at a concert on the night before Halloween ( Night Ranger opened for them), the first time I heard this song, he got have of the audience so say "I wanna fly away, I wanna fly way" and the other half "I'm so sick of you, so sick of me, I don't wanna be with you". It's like we were an extension of Cake, and it was amazing.
YES! I love listening to Cake's songs, but it's going to be so nice to have some new stuff! Can't wait for the new album.
They are sooo cool live. One said of the room has to sing "I wanna fly away" over and over while the other side says "im so sick of you so sick of me i dont want to be with you" its incredile. He is so.....insightful.
Just saw them live too and he did the same thing! I was on the 'I wanna fly away' side! It was so sick :)
My 8th grade art teacher used to play music in class and this was on his playlist. He ended up going to jail halfway through the school year but his music taste stuck with me.
Has a beat you just can't help tapping to... i'm really excited about this new album :D
Cake: Awesome, Straight forward, ingenius rock and roll with an original style. Love it!!
This song made my week.
Awesome song, CAKE IS BACK!!!!! WWHHHOOOOOOOO!!!!
Thank you for enriching my life. It's always good to know you're better than someone :]
Even if you don't love the song, if you love CAKE you can at least appreciate them instead of tearing them apart for every little thing you dislike. They're a great band, I grew up listening to them and I'll keep listening to them.
I personally loved the song.
yaaaaaaaaaaaaa cake's baaaaaack!
Saw them in Telluride.
Died.
Never could have been better.
My old physics teacher introduced me to this song haha and loved it ever since xoxo
I was there too. I was on the "Im so sick of you" side :) Great great concert. Honestly theyre better live than they are on their albums!
AAAGH! THEY'RE BACK! AWESOME!
This is the absolute BEST break-up song! Cant wait to use some of the lines! HAHA
love that trumpet
Oh yeah, was waiting for that tasty guitar twangin'. Mana from heaven.
AWESOMEEEE!!! ITS ABOUT DAMN TIME!!!!!!
( It,s ) I'm so sick of you- -so sick of me. Cake you take it. Keep up the good work.....
"Okay --- I'm late to the party, but there's plenty of CAKE for everyone!!!" This is my corny way of saying that I finally realized that I really like this band. I need to dive into their albums because their singles have struck a cord with me over the years>>> THIS IS THEIR BEST ONE TO ME!!!
I need to see them in concert one of these days. This song is amazing.
Edgefest...was quite the best fu**ing thing ever!
Best. Song. Ever.
This Album Drops January 11 2011 on CAKES own record label! And will not be sold in stores. You need to go to their website to get it.
awesome tune!! CAKE! -- great job on picking a name.....
definitely vintage cake to me! i like it!
one of the best bands ever NO SHIT !!!!
CAKE, I was so sick of waiting such a long for a new album, was about to bound away. ^.^
Love this new one!!!!!
Cake is a great band, this is one of my favorite songs by them.
heard this song on the radio yesterday...think im a cake fan now
Frickin' genius. And fun.
I like that.
SO EXCITED.
I dedicate this song to all this snow I have had to deal with this winter.
@SebastianSB
To a certain degree, but not all of their songs had it prevalently (and I enjoy the variety).
This song was cool live. They split the audience up and had do sections of the chorus (half did: I'm so sick of you, sick of me, I don't wanna be with you. Other half: I wanna fly away.)
The life form around us is really covering itself..
It's about fucking time. Seven years is too long without Cake.
i think its every shiny toy that *at first brings you joy*
Album is out Tuesday - can't wait!
@snafu It is "cloy" & "every shiny toy that at first brings you joy"
Yep, they've certainly still got it! Can't fuckin wait!!
To those unsure on this song. Most likely your too young for it. Wait till you married, in the work force and have kids. Then come back to it and be ready to love it as much as all the other songs they have done.
Solid track from a solid band.
New Cake?!?!?! Yes!!!
I've got a fever......and it calls for more VIBRASLAP!
i want this new album so bad! CAKE RULES!!!
I love this song!!
“I always wonder why birds choose to stay in the same place when they can fly anywhere on the earth, then I ask myself the same question.” - Harun Yahya
Fair enough.
YEAH BABY THERE BACK!!!
Just as good now as they were 20 years ago.
I'm just now learning about the group Cake...Thanks WXPN 88.1 in Philly.
I saw these guys in comcert there awesome!
I think Donkey said it best: "What about cake? Everybody loves cake!"
@ansixtyninea Totally.....i finally saw them live this year after 15 years of waiting....the one time They were in my area i was deployed to Korea.....LET THEM HEAR CAKE!
I love this song! It reminds me of the Rolling Stones! But with Cake!
the Isleta Amp. (Alb,NM) was awesome!
Sins Gb i saw tool there
2019 anyone?
Sounds like that's the kind of guy you'd want, though.. Ms.Swirlofcinnamon.. Go get him back!
It was terrible seeing them live... they went on for nearly a half an hour (swear to God, no joke) about their favorite kind of trees & apples. Seriously. No music. Just them on stage blabbing about their favorite trees. Then to make it worse, they called someone on stage from the audience, gave them a free tree, & then engaged in a mind numbing discussion of the random audience members favorite trees. I've never seen people leave a concert early. It's tough cause Cake makes AMAZING music.
perfection
@missjyoungxoxo It's a popular phrase from Portal that's commonly used out of context for comedic effect. Hope that explains it for you.
@SebastianSB Well, did you stop to think that Cake tried to do their normal thing for the past seven years and got shot down? Maybe they had no choice between conforming and staying in the music business, ever think of that?
@darkpowrjd that's full length....heard it Live in july....it rocks
ALL A-LONE!!! That's my favorite part :D
THE LOLLAPALOOZA SHOW WAS AWESOME
I LOVE THIS SONG :P
More artists, less critics. I want to fly away.
Best make out song ever.
reminiscant of iranian folk music
just saw cake last night live last night. this was one of the songs they played
Isn't this from the new album? I jsut saw this song in concert it was insaaane. I was singing the part that goes I wanna fly away.
i was eating cake when i discovered this group
The whole cities that you planned will turn to sand thing reminds me of Minecraft for some reason.
sounded like the stones at first!!
@codeman2557 Ya man! Me too...this songs kicks ass!
awesome!!..
I love Cake!!!!!
i'm never sick of Cake
this was great on Conan!
very well done
omg :D this song is awesome
I'm so sick of waiting for this album...
vivement 2011 !
Cake toujours au top.