"Tired Today" is a song by Mars Argo. It is featured as the tenth and final track on their debut album Technology Is a Dead Bird.
Background[]
The song is primarily sung by Titanic Sinclair, with background vocals by Mars Argo and an ending monologue by Connie.
A demo of the song without Argo's or Connie's solo parts was released as a music video on March 18th, 2009.
An alternate demo was uploaded to the duo's now-defunct Muxtape page in April 2009,[1][2] but was taken down sometime between February 2010 – December 2011. This version resurfaced online on June 9th, 2018.
Lyrics[]
Why am I so tired today?
I don't have a reason to feel this way today
I'm so sore
I wish I had a reason
To sell my things and close the door
The door, the door
Da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da
The ultimate hypochondriac
You are the only person in the world who you think about
And it is starting to get the best of you
Am I running away from the problems
Or towards the result?
I never understood running in place
But maybe that is the answer
Maybe it's been in front of me all this time
And I just couldn't see it under my selfish chin
Maybe I am the thing in the simulation
Maybe, yes, that must be it
Maybe I am simple and infinite nothing
I'm feeling so tired today in my human body
I think I'll put myself to sleep
Why am I so tired today?
I don't have a reason to feel this way today
I'm so sore
I wish I had a reason
To sell my things and close the door
The door, the door
Official versions[]
- Album version – 3:04
- Instrumental – 3:04
- Music video version – 1:24
- Muxtape demo version – 2:10
Music video[]
The music video for the song was released to Grocerybag under the title "'Tired Today' - Original Song". The upload was Mars Argo's first official music video release for a song from their debut album, Technology Is a Dead Bird.
Synopsis[]
The gloomy-filtered video features various shorts of Argo and Sinclair standing in front of a white background and singing the lyrics to the song. For the duration of the first half of the music video, Argo can be seen picking flowers from a bouquet of dead roses, while Sinclair plays acoustic guitar. Following this, a close zoom-up of Argo's eye is shown and the video is ended with a title card promoting the band's YouTube channel.
Trivia[]
- This remains one of the only Mars Argo songs in which the music video uses a different mix of the track from the released versions available on streaming platforms.
References[]
- ↑ "Tired Today". Muxtape. Archived from the original on April 25, 2009. Retrieved April 23, 2022.
- ↑ "new videos". GROCERYBAG.TV. Archived from the original on May 13, 2009. Retrieved May 24, 2022.
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| Tracklist | "The Singularity Is Near" ☮ "Suicide Birds" ☮ "Mrs. Stadler" ☮ "Machine" ☮ "Monsters Under My Bed" ☮ "Technology Is a Dead Bird" ☮ "Sideways and Sideways" ☮ "You Don't Know Me Anymore" ☮ "Feeling Welcome in a Time Warp" ☮ "Tired Today" |
| Non-album | "Audio" ☮ "Audio 4" ☮ "Audio 5" ☮ "Electric Car" ☮ "Dream" ☮ "Free Song" ☮ "Moot" ☮ "Spider in My Bathtub" ☮ "Weightless Egos" ☮ "Welcome to the Future" ☮ "You Have a Lot of Work to Do" |
| Misc | Connie ☮ Talkbox |
| Other releases | |
| Technology Is a Dead Bird • Internet Sessions • Linden Place • Mars Argo CD • I Can Only Be Me EP • Debut solo album | |