It was years of searching on and off, but recently I found the song that matched these lyrics that ran through my head.
It was circa 1996, and a mix tape was made of songs off the radio. I think I was trying to tape The Apartment Song by BNL, and let it run long, and in doing so caught a song that has run through my head for years.
“Wouldn’t it be exciting to be writing while we’re fighting”.
The mix tape was long gone, and I searched the internet. I got one hit on google, but the page I was directed to no longer existed. More time passed. It ran through my head again.
“Wouldn’t it be exciting to be writing while we’re fighting”.
I search again, years later it feels like, and this time I find the song. There it was. The entire lyrics, followed by the important song and band info. Big Chair by Reacharound. I went to work in obtaining the song from various places, and managed to find a 96kbps version. I listened to it. It was the song. Still quite catchy, with a brit-rock flair. (seems they are a LA band made of of Brits)
It reminds me of an episode of Seinfeld where at the end he figures out something that was lost to him the whole episode and concludes, “That’s not as funny as I thought it was”.
Funny thing is, I don’t remember what episode that was.
I actually did the same thing that you just described and got your page here. Will now begin the process of looking for the version you speak of. Also if you could get some decent information on where I could find some uma jets songs for free that would be great.
I also did exactly the same thing you did with this exact song– it was on an old 7th grade mix tape and the lyrics have been stuck in my head for years. Thanks for the band and song name. I just checked iTunes– they have the video but not the song (kind of strange). I’ll be purchasing the video for sure. Thanks!