Jeremy Facknitz

Lyrics

"Bar Gig Ballad (I Disappear)"
(Lyrics and music by Jeremy Facknitz, copyright 2025 ASCAP all rights reserved)

VS 1
Mom started countin'
said "better hide"
in the light of that afternoon sun
I giggled and squealed,
ran from her side
just to find there was nowhere to run
Standing still in my corduroy pants
I buried my face in my hands

CHORUS 1
A flash, a cloud, gone to thin air
As far as I knew I was no longer there
Though I stood 2 feet tall
She couldn't see me at all
I disappeared, I disappeared
She couldn't see me

VS 2
My nose found many a bully's fist
when dad moved us out to the sticks
Trailer park princes, latchkey queens,
a kingdom of slack-jawed pricks
But teacher don't like when you're fightin'
And so I got real good at hidin'

CHORUS 2
A flash, a cloud, nothing to see
The whole cafeteria buzzed without me
Late-morning lunch in the bathroom stall
They couldn't see me at all
I disappeared, I disappeared
They couldn't see me

BRIDGE
(Oooh) but every ounce of me longed to be seen
'Cause every ounce of us longs to be seen

VS 3
Turning the page
you find me on stage
starving for all your attention
You've made an art
of ignoring my heart
in the too-many dive bars to mention
Another guy with a guitar
Betchya I'm gonna go far

CHORUS 3
A flash, a cloud, nothing to hear
"PLAY ONE WE KNOW!" cries a jury of peers
I'm up here answering my call
But you don't hear me at all
I disappear, I disappear
You don't hear me

A flash, a cloud, gone to thin air...

Though I stand 6 feet tall
You don't see me at all
I disappear, I disappear
You don't see me...