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Cake — Bound Away
Album: Showroom of Compassion
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Released: 2011
Length: 3:25
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I'm an unknown individual in an unattended car
Hey, welcome to Chicago or wherever you are
New York to London, Barcelona to Berlin
Sacramento, California, we are leaving again

Away, away, away, away
Away, I'm bound away

I'm circling, I'm swiveling, I'm waiting just to land
I'm trying to come home, but I'm here with the band
Traveling, unraveling, I'm staying on track
My plastic utensil has broken in half

Away, away, away, away
Away, I'm bound away

There's low visibility, gusty wind and rain
My carry-on luggage is still on the plane
Seconds turn to minutes, minutes turn to hours
Hours give you a lifetime and a grave with pink flowers

Away, away, away, away
Away, I'm bound
Away, away, away, away
Away, I'm bound away

Away, I'm bound
Away
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 offroadbiker wrote:
Perhaps, Radio Paradise, you could play this song again for us?  After all, it hasn't been played here for almost 1 1/2 years.

 
Five and a bit years later yet, and I agree! One of my favorite Cake songs.
Posted 6 years ago by zair99    [ Reply ]
Perhaps, Radio Paradise, you could play this song again for us?  After all, it hasn't been played here for almost 1 1/2 years.
Posted 11 years ago by offroadbiker    [ Reply ]
They made a video of themselves making a book. How cool is that?

https://youtu.be/y_uejIMLQXU
Posted 13 years ago by scraig    [ Reply ]
 Baby_M wrote:
Unlike every other Cake song ever recorded, this one lacks that smarmy, detached hipster irony feel that I've always found so repulsive.  They sound like they're actually having fun performing this one.
Baby_M, may I suggest a live performance? I'm certain you'll find sincerity, intelligence, playfulness, poetry and above all FUN in place of the motives you're reading. This machine kills hipsters. Also a kick-ass tight band, for good measure. Who else gives away a live tree at every show?

Posted 13 years ago by Businessgypsy    [ Reply ]
 spacemoose wrote:

Wow.  That's a strong anti-cake opinion.  When I first heart this I though, wow, that's kinda nice.  Then I though, man, that sounds like Cake, then I though, yep that's Cake, and then I thought "man I should buy some Cake on vinyl".

Oh well, to each his own.  Me, I can't stand Roxy Music.

 

Oh look!  Spacemoose has stopped jerking himself off to the politics pages long enough to put (sticky) fingers to keyboard and grace us with some of his bon mots.


Posted 13 years ago by keller1    [ Reply ]
Unlike every other Cake song ever recorded, this one lacks that smarmy, detached hipster irony feel that I've always found so repulsive.  They sound like they're actually having fun performing this one.
Posted 13 years ago by Baby_M    [ Reply ]
This is a perfect tavern drunken singalong. Everyone swaying, hoisting their beer mugs, bellowing at the top of their lungs, and everyone loves everyone.

I'd be right there in the middle of it all with my beer mug hoisted.  Too much fun, but not enough fun... 
Posted 13 years ago by Cynaera    [ Reply ]
 rabbi_phil wrote:


respectfully, country doesn't suck, you just don't like it. there's a difference.
 

That's your opinion
Posted 13 years ago by More_Cowbell    [ Reply ]
The obligatory Cake "hey-ho; aw, yeah" at the end sounded a bit half-hearted. Are they even getting tired of it?
Posted 13 years ago by apd    [ Reply ]
Please pass this song away, lol.  away  away away
Posted 13 years ago by Shaker    [ Reply ]
I like some of Cakes stuff but this sounds like Ween Light (I love Ween)
Posted 13 years ago by DaveInSaoMiguel    [ Reply ]
 More_Cowbell wrote:
country sucks, but this doesn't
 

respectfully, country doesn't suck, you just don't like it. there's a difference.
Posted 13 years ago by DD rabbi_phil    [ Reply ]
country sucks, but this doesn't
Posted 13 years ago by More_Cowbell    [ Reply ]
This might have been tolerable if not for the accursed horizontal slide guitar thingy which to me is always a warning sign of C&W (or just C), not my favourite music genre. This is one piece of Cake I'll pass on, I think.

Posted 13 years ago by fredriley    [ Reply ]
Sounds like someone left their Cake out in the rain...yuck
Posted 13 years ago by PA1749    [ Reply ]
 drews wrote:
Anymore cake and I'll choke
 
Get on with it.

Posted 13 years ago by h8rhater    [ Reply ]
Where is the paracetamol?
Posted 13 years ago by willem    [ Reply ]
Arrggghhh!  this song ruined my happy New Order buzz..... no sir, I did not like that segue
Posted 13 years ago by socalhol    [ Reply ]
Anymore cake and I'll choke
Posted 13 years ago by drews    [ Reply ]
Bathtub of warm butter good.
Posted 13 years ago by Businessgypsy    [ Reply ]

That's not the best Cake I've tasted...


Posted 13 years ago by TheBorgBuilder    [ Reply ]
 jhorton wrote:
Bill, Bill, Bill, I must disagree with you. Music doesn't, " Continue with Cake." Annoying noise ensues with Cake.

Thanks for the warning though, I was able to hit the Mute button before the, " Music," started. 
 
Wow.  That's a strong anti-cake opinion.  When I first heart this I though, wow, that's kinda nice.  Then I though, man, that sounds like Cake, then I though, yep that's Cake, and then I thought "man I should buy some Cake on vinyl".

Oh well, to each his own.  Me, I can't stand Roxy Music.

Posted 13 years ago by spacemoose    [ Reply ]
Bill, Bill, Bill, I must disagree with you. Music doesn't, " Continue with Cake." Annoying noise ensues with Cake.

Thanks for the warning though, I was able to hit the Mute button before the, " Music," started. 
Posted 13 years ago by jhorton    [ Reply ]
I love this song.
Posted 13 years ago by Jelani    [ Reply ]
Where is the f*&#ing yodeling??!!!!
I want to hear the damned yodeling!!
Dammit!
 
Posted 13 years ago by Jelani    [ Reply ]
I was starting to tire of Cake, but I really like this one. Will have to check out the rest of the album to see if they have changed their sound a bit, they really needed to. 8!
Posted 13 years ago by sirdroseph    [ Reply ]
Did I accidently wander into a Flogging Molly song?
Posted 13 years ago by SinisterDexter    [ Reply ]
 Wizzuvvoz wrote:
Love cake
Don't get why they are doing this thing
I might later
  ..maybe they passed a joint and realized what a pompous frat boy sound they had.. then someone thought "hey..change might be good"  (?) whatever it was I'm thankful


Posted 13 years ago by midreaming    [ Reply ]
A waltz?
Posted 13 years ago by triviagal    [ Reply ]
This is Cake??
Posted 13 years ago by Mojo_LA    [ Reply ]
Love cake
Don't get why they are doing this thing
I might later
Posted 13 years ago by Wizzuvvoz    [ Reply ]

... my plastic utensil has broken in half...   good stuff  {#Daisy}


Posted 13 years ago by joan_c    [ Reply ]
 MojoJojo wrote:
New Cake?!?!?!?  For serious?!?!?!

 
From the latest album. Awesome song.

Going to see them tonight at the Fillmore... 
Posted 13 years ago by bobrk    [ Reply ]
New Cake?!?!?!?  For serious?!?!?!



Posted 13 years ago by MojoJojo    [ Reply ]
I love my fellow Sacramentans! And not just 'cause my little sister hung with them before they were big... :)
Posted 13 years ago by lmic    [ Reply ]
 BikeCoachDave wrote:
It has finally happened. Cake has produced a song that I dont immediately hate. Generously giving it a 5 and not switching the station. Thats progress...
 
Same here.


Posted 13 years ago by jpdribbler    [ Reply ]
I keep expecting yodeling to come in somewhere....
Posted 13 years ago by Jelani    [ Reply ]
. . . reaches for ice cream . . .
Posted 13 years ago by aelfheld    [ Reply ]
Yeah for new Cake- looking forward to the rest of the album~
Posted 13 years ago by FluorideFreeMN    [ Reply ]
It's aboot time we got more Cake...
Posted 13 years ago by 3enny_3lanco    [ Reply ]
Reminds me of their cover of Willie Nelson's Sad Songs and Waltzes, but less corny.

Don't get me wrong, corny is part of Cake's appeal to me!
Posted 13 years ago by ziggytrix    [ Reply ]
'Seconds turn to minutes minutes turn to hours
Hours give you lifetime and a grave with pink flowers'

The entire album is great. And made with solar power! 
Posted 13 years ago by scraig    [ Reply ]
It has finally happened. Cake has produced a song that I dont immediately hate. Generously giving it a 5 and not switching the station. Thats progress...
Posted 13 years ago by BikeCoachDave    [ Reply ]
 2cats wrote:
Right, different from most Cake, but I like it.
 
Ditto.


Posted 13 years ago by AlienRelic    [ Reply ]
Right, different from most Cake, but I like it.
Posted 13 years ago by 2cats    [ Reply ]
Nice bass vibe - simple and clean. It's a bit different from the campier Cake tracks. 
Rockin' back in forth in my chair...{#Arrowu} 
Posted 13 years ago by btilrn    [ Reply ]