Foo Fighters

Released: May 20, 1997

Songwriter: Pat Smear Nate Mendel Dave Grohl

Producer: Gil Norton

[Verse 1]
I'm hanging on
Here until I'm gone
Right where I belong
Just hanging on

Even though
I watched you come and go
How was I to know
You'd steal the show?

[Verse 2]
One day
I'll have enough to gamble
I'll wait to hear your final call
And bet it all

I'm hanging on
Here until I'm gone
Right where I belong
Just hanging on

[Verse 3]
Even though
I pass this time alone
Somewhere so unknown
It heals the soul

You ask for walls
I'll build them higher
We'll lie in the shadows of them all
I'd stand but they're much too tall
And I fall

[Outro]
February stars
Floating in the dark
Temporary scars
February stars

February stars
Floating in the dark
Temporary scars
February stars

February stars
Floating in the dark
Temporary scars
February stars

Foo Fighters are an American rock band formed in 1995 by former Nirvana drummer Dave Grohl. Originally a solo project by him to overcome the grief of Kurt Cobain’s death, Grohl attracted label interest with his inaugural demo tape.

According to Dave Grohl, the band is named after the UFOs that were reported by Allied aircraft pilots in World War II.

I was reading a lot of books on UFOs. Not only is it a fascinating subject, but there’s a treasure trove of band names in those UFO books! So, since I had recorded the first record by myself, playing all the instruments, but I wanted people to think that it was a group, I figured that FOO FIGHTERS might lead people to believe that it was more than just one guy. Silly, huh?

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From the albums

The Colour and the Shape (1997)
Skin and Bones (2006)

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