DIRECT HIT! - HOLLOW COMFORT (2021)

Video by Ben Sargent
Animation by Walker Dubois
Mixed by Mike Kennerty
Music by Direct Hit and K. Conrad Gatz
Lyrics by Nick Woods
Direct Hit is:
Nick Woods, Devon Kay, and Maura Weaver - Vocals/guitar
Joram Zbichorski - Bass
Logan Stang - Drums
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We like to think that life's a dream
That all that makes us less than's a camera and TV screen
But what if waking up meant turning yourself off?
Would what you're left to live with still be close enough?
Would looking at ourselves through a different kind of lens than glass or plastic drive us to the edge of insanity?
And still that red eye in the sky keeps blinking on and off and on,
A sinking feeling manifested in the dark
We're all uneasy, knowing that we're watched
Yeah we're uneasy, desperate to control how we appear to ourselves
It's hollow comfort knowing we're not alone
So one by one we all relent, we flip the switch to on again and stare into our virtual reality and spend
an hour then a day and then a month and then a year, until the fear of missing out becomes the clear and present danger in the mirror
So what precautions do you take?
A poison pill between your teeth?
A razorblade in pocket pressed against your wrist along a vein?
Insurance policies for pain
The sharpest blanket is the brain
The softest pistol is unconscious mind in a state of insecurity
That's what we're made of
Falling through abyss, and reaching out in our doubt
A drink in a drought is someone who knows to tell us what we're about
So what precautions do you take?
A can of gasoline?
A fake identity in pocket?
Cards to vest, your mess to clean up
Insurance policies for pain
The sharpest blanket is the brain
The softest pistol is unconscious mind in a state of insecurity
That's what we're made of
Falling through abyss, and reaching out in our doubt
A drink in a drought is someone who knows to tell us what we're about
We're all uneasy knowing that we're watched
Yeah we're uneasy, desperate to control how we appear to ourselves
A drink in a drought
It's hollow comfort knowing that that's what we're all about
Lyrics by Nick Woods

[@tacotuesday-eg7wn]

So good! There is something about this band that I just love. I really don't even know what it is exactly. It's catchy happy sound with serious meanings...great vocals and backing...but there is just something different...I feel like partying every time I hear them. Back to the Tower is one of my top 10 songs in my entire life. If I was a millionaire I would pay these guys to record 20 new albums.

[@Liam_]

There’s no way this got taken off Spotify :(

[@noteasybeingweezy]

Came here to mourn, too. 😢

[@coryander4918]

wasted mind is the best album of all time

[@laughingwarlock]

I love this band so much. I must have listed to their Domesplitter and Wasted Mind albums about 200 times each. I try to branch out and find other cool stuff. But I keep coming back to Direct Hit!

[@theo99011]

Gosh, another great song, you guys are amazing

[@punkhippe]

"Yeah we make pop punk for people at the edge of having a nihilist breakdown. think less moving out of your home town and moving into the woods with too many guns" nick probably. I feel like I say this every time they release song singles but direct hits lyrics are probably the most underrated thing in alternative music.

[@jamishmcquo7590]

Nick Woods has such a flexible voice

[@polyesterkhakis]

Incredible lyrics too. Never known a pop-punk song to give me such a sense of existential dread and impending doom...

[@12345679725]

Fucking love it!! Keep up the great musical masterpieces!!

[@slimsliver2311]

Y'all are awesome. Keep it up!

[@mr.jeeber2420]

You guys are amazing i listened to one of your albums while tripping and it changed my life Brainless god is my favorite but i cant stop listening to this and some of your newer tracks you guys are awesome !

[@UnknownReasn]

Right on! This is an instant DH classic. Can’t wait for next album

[@RaccBoi98]

Can't stop listening to this, my most listened to track on Spotify this month already

[@vliam]

omg. So good to see a new video from you. I can't wait until this shit's over and we can see you again. FUGP!

[@declanmillar6356]

This music video is like the depressing version of Mystery Science Theater 3000

[@alanbeesby8914]

FUCK. YEAH! 🤘Another banger!

[@directhitsucks]

THANKS!

[@Bungh]

I cant stop listening to this song

[@JohnSharpo]

Getting pumped all the way in Croatia :D

[@directhitsucks]

FUGP

[@ladysalviaband9312]

FUGP! 🤘 Sick as always, guys

[@TheRand0mHer089]

Helll yeahh man

[@fallofavalon]

yes

[@craiciswhack1243]

Awesome!

[@sorakyle]

too sick :^)

[@skarbux]

dope af

[@skarbux]

that single downvote was robocop

[@imnotmitchturino]

Hell yah

[@alonvamos3718]

Green Day flashbacks from 25 years ago in the good sense :-)

[@lobotomiseme1653]

🙏

[@ChainsGoldMask]

🤘❤️

[@haileywhitlock8894]

When's the next album

[@AcidropOSY]

Oh wow. Another great Direct Hit! song. Why don’t you try missing for once? You can’t just make EVERY song incredible wtf.

[@purinahalloffame]

what movie is that?

[@1bigbillz]

👍

[@darbs3168]

Are you guys still a band? Are u still on fat wreck?

[@colep8754]

The cartoon person looks like Howl from Howl's Moving Castle

[@directhitsucks]

you know, you're right.. I actually watched the movie this week so I can totally see it

[@lvzy_]

@@directhitsucks Ghibli is amazing. 🤍